ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,886, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sonura LLC (Philadelphia).

"Active acoustic aural development system and method" was invented by Caroline Magro (Alexandria, Va.), Tifara Boyce (Jamaica, N.Y.), Sophie Ishiwari (Chicago), Gabriela Cano (Lawrenceville, N.J.) and Gabriella Daltoso (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a wearable aural development medical device and system. A medical device is worn by an infant while the infant is in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In particular, the device protects the child's hearing by active filtering, while, at the same time, provides aural s...