Patent ID: 6542614
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A hearing/speaking configuration for being worn on a person's head, said hearing/speaking configuration having a housing, sound-reproducing means accommodated in the housing, and sound-receiving means, the hearing/speaking configuration being designed without a boom for the sound-receiving means, wherein the sound-receiving means is accommodated, along with the sound-reproducing means, in the housing, the housing having at least one first sound passage opening, and at least one second sound passage opening provided at a distance from the at least one first sound passage opening, said at least one first and second sound passage openings cooperating with the sound-receiving means, the sound-receiving means having directional characteristics with a main direction and an extinction direction, wherein the sound-receiving means, the at least one first sound passage opening, the at least one second sound passage opening, and the sound-reproducing means occupy relative positions with respect to one another such that the extinction direction of the directional characteristics of the sound-receiving means is directed substantially toward the sound-reproducing means.