ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,340, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Ear-wearable electronic hearing device incorporating microphone array with enhanced wind noise suppression" was invented by Andrew Johnson (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-wearable electronic hearing device comprises a housing configured to be worn on, in or about an ear of a wearer, a power source disposed in the housing, and audio processing circuity disposed in the housing and operably coupled to an acoustic transducer. A microphone array comprises a plurality of microphones disposed in or on the housing and operativ...