ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,861, issued on July 29, was assigned to GN HEARING A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Assisted hearing aid with synthetic substitution" was invented by Michael B. Lasky (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for improving hearing devices by using computer recognition of words and substituting either computer generated words or pre-recorded words in streaming conversation received from a distant speaker. The system may operate in multiple modes such as a first mode being amplification and conditioning of the voice sounds; a second mode having said microphone pickup up the voice sounds from a speaker, a processor configured...