US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on March 18 for "Control of parameters of hearing instrument based on ear canal deformation and concha EMG signals" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,198, issued on March 18, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Control of parameters of hearing instrument based on ear canal deformation and concha EMG signals" was invented by Stephane Gallego (Venissieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing system obtains a deformation signal generated by a deformation sensor. The deformation signal is indicative of a deformation of an outer ear of a user of a hearing instrument. Additionally, the processing system obtains an EMG signal generated by an electrode in a concha of the user, wherein the electrode is configured to detect activity of an intrins...