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Speech intelligibility enhancement system

  • US 10,560,786 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2016
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A speech intelligibility enhancement system, comprising:

  • a talker unit including;

    a microphone to receive audible speech content and to produce electrical signals representative of the speech content; and

    a transmitter coupled to the microphone to produce wireless transmissions containing the speech content; and

    a listener unit including;

    a receiver to receive the wireless transmissions and to produce electrical signals representative of the speech content; and

    an earpiece coupled to the listener unit, including;

    an ear hook wearable by the user;

    a speaker coupled to the listener unit to produce audible speech content having the amplified spectral components; and

    a tube, a part of which comprises the ear hook, wherein the tube has an open first end to be positioned near a user'"'"'s ear canal to direct the audible speech content from the speaker toward the user'"'"'s ear canal, while enabling the ear canal to remain open to receive ambient sounds; and

    wherein;

    the tube is configured to be mounted to a user'"'"'s ear and support the earpiece on the user'"'"'s ear;

    the open first end of the tube is free from an earbud;

    the part of the tube which comprises the ear hook includes a curved portion to couple the earpiece to the user'"'"'s ear and an elongate portion extending from the curved portion, wherein the curved portion is defined by a first radius of curvature, and wherein the elongate portion includes an extending portion that is relatively linear in relation to the curved portion and is defined by a second radius of curvature that is greater than the first radius of curvature;

    the tube further includes a second end on the elongate portion opposite the curved portion from the first end; and

    the speaker is on the second end of the tube.

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