MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641064130 A) filed by Srm Institute Of Science And Technology Tiruchirappalli on May 21, 2026, for Ai-Driven Emotion-Aware Adaptive Hearing Aid.
Inventors include Sugavaran K; Mohamed Nihal K; and Dr. Rajesh V.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: The invention is an advanced hearing aid system that integrates speech emotion recognition and adaptive audio processing. The microphone captures the speech from the environment. The speech is then preprocessed for noise removal and speech enhancement. Emotional features are extracted from the speech signal. The features are analyzed by AI algorithms that have been trained on emotional speech. The system recognizes the emotional content of the speech in real time. The hearing aid settings are automatically adjusted in accordance with the recognized emotional content. The invention not only enhances the performance of the conventional hearing aids but also brings a new level of intelligence to the emotion sensing assistive hearing devices. The system is realized on embedded hardware that is suitable for real-time processing. The invention is aimed at raising the quality of communication and emotional intelligence. This invention is an illustration of the applicability of AI in the healthcare sector. The brief review has brought to light the usefulness and originality of the system.
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