ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,323, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Hearing device and method for operating a hearing device" was invented by Sebastian Best (Erlangen, Germany) and Cecil Wilson (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing device includes at least one microphone configured to capture sound signals within an overall frequency range and to convert them into an input signal. A signal processor is provided for processing the input signal within a lower frequency range that is part of an overall frequency range. A detector is provided for detecting a noise that has frequency components both inside and out...