Patent ID: 8023663

Claim:
A device for audibly presenting audio content to at least one ear of a user, comprising: a) a speaker element adapted to receive an electrical signal corresponding to audio content and to audibly present the audio content to at least one ear of a user wearing the device; and b) an ambient sound control system adapted to enable the user to variably control a loudness of ambient sound heard by the user while wearing the device and listening to the audio content and wherein the ambient sound control system comprises: a rotatable sound shield associated with the speaker element and comprising at least one first sound port; and a non-rotatable sound shield within the rotatable sound shield comprising at least one second sound port; wherein the rotatable sound shield enables the user to control the loudness of the ambient sound heard by the user by rotating the rotatable sound shield to control alignment of the at least one first sound port with the at least one second sound port.