ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,613, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Method of separating ear canal wall movement information from sensor data generated in a hearing device" was invented by Anne Thielen (Stafa, Switzerland) and Konstantin Silberzahn (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of processing sensor data generated in a hearing device is disclosed, the hearing device comprising a BTE housing configured to be worn behind an ear of a user and an ITE housing configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal of the ear. The method may include receiving, from a movement sensor included in th...