Patent ID: 9380374
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G02C,G10L,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A hearing system that protects from damaging noise, the hearing system comprising: a frame configured to be worn on the head of a user; a first transducer coupled to the frame, the first transducer including at least two microphones configured to receive an audio signal; a converter configured to convert and to amplify the audio signal to an amplified representation of the audio signal, wherein the converter is configured to adjust the audio signal to an audio level non-damaging to hearing functions of the user by adjusting amplitude of at least one audio parameter of the audio signal detected by the converter to be at a damaging level; an electronic interface communicatively coupled to the converter to tune and equalize sound playback, the electronic interface configured for the user to select a preferred non-damaging audio level for adjusting the amplitude of the at least one audio parameter of the audio signal; and a second transducer for emitting the amplified representation of the audio signal to a pair of earbuds coupled to ears of the user and removably coupled to at least a portion of the frame, wherein the earbuds are configured to block environmental noise from reaching the ears of the user.