Patent ID: 8457688

Claim:
A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; at least one audio transducer carried by said housing; a memory carried by said housing; and a voice alteration processor carried by said housing and coupled to said wireless transceiver, said at least one audio transducer, and said memory, said voice alteration processor configured to download voice alteration code and at least one set of voice communications parameters from a mobile application store platform, each set of voice communications parameters comprising a pitch value, a time constant value, a reverberation value, an overtone value, and an equalization value, store a plurality of contacts in said memory, each contact comprising contact hearing sensitivity data, selectively alter voice communications based upon an identity of a calling user, the respective contact hearing sensitivity data in the plurality of contacts for the calling user, and the at least one set of voice communications parameters, the altering of the voice communications being two-sided and including shifting at least part of the voice communications from a first frequency range to a second frequency range based upon a hearing sensitivity characteristic of the user, and add false background sounds to the altered voice communications.