US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on June 10 for "Method and apparatus for automatic correction of real ear measurements" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,551, issued on June 10, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Method and apparatus for automatic correction of real ear measurements" was invented by Wenyu Jin (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Tim Schoof (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automatic correction of real ear measurements (REMs). A sound signal is produced through a receiver of a hearing device, and a sound pressure signal is sensed using a microphone placed inside the ear canal. The sound pressure signal is transformed to obtain a frequency response signal, a local minimum of the frequency respons...