Patent ID: 7039195

Claim:
An ear terminal comprising: a sealing section ( 2 ) for arrangement in the meatus ( 3 ) of a human; a meatus-directed microphone (M 2 ) having a sound inlet (T 1 ) that opens to a closed space of the meatus; an electronics unit ( 11 ) coupled to the meatus-directed microphone (M 2 ) to a power supply ( 12 ); an outer microphone (M 1 ) for converting acoustic signals in the environment into electrical signals; and a meatus-directed sound generator (SG), wherein said electronics unit comprises analyzing means for generating a noise control signal for active canceling of acoustic noise signals in the meatus by generation of acoustic feedback using said meatus-directed sound generator (SG) based on acoustic signals converted by at least one of said meatus-directed microphone (M 2 ) and said outer microphone (M 1 ).