ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,844, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Neural network-driven feedback cancellation" was invented by Kelly Fitz (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Carlos Renato Calcada Nakagawa (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Tao Zhang (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for neural network-driven feedback cancellation for hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include a method of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device to mitigate entrainment, the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microp...