ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,020, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Eargo Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Hearing device test and diagnostics system and methods" was invented by Hardik Ruparel (Milpitas, Calif.) and Iain Butler (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting and diagnosing causes of subpar performance of a hearing device are provided for a user. The hearing device may include a housing, a receiver and a sound processor configured to send signals to the receiver. The receiver may be configured to output audio signals from the signals sent by the sound processor. A base unit may include a main body having a cradl...