Patent ID: 7110563

Claim:
A headphone element for use by a listener wearing the headphone element or a headphone set including a pair of headphone elements and including: i) a headphone element support to be positioned juxtaposed the outer ear of the listener, ii) a first transducer element supported by the support and including a tube for the transmission of sound generated by the first transducer element therethrough for radiation from an output end of the tube, iii) a porous ear piece for positioning the output end of the tube at the entry of the auditory canal of the ear of the listener for the radiation of sound from the output end of the tube into the auditory canal, the porous ear piece allowing the transmission of sound therethrough without a substantial attenuation of the sound transmission and iv) a second transducer element supported by the support and being positioned for the radiation of sound to the entry into the auditory canal of the listener through the porous ear piece.