Patent ID: 8712077

Claim:
A method of transmitting an audio signal via two or more transducers through bone, comprising: providing an apparatus comprising a housing, a first transducer, and a second transducer, wherein said apparatus produces an interference fit between the apparatus and at least two surfaces of at least one tooth; positioning the housing onto the at least one tooth of a user such that the first transducer is positioned in communication with a first surface of the at least one tooth and the second transducer is positioned in communication with a second surface of the at least one tooth; receiving an audio signal via at least a first microphone; filtering the audio signal into at least a first frequency range and a second frequency range; vibrating the first transducer to transmit the first frequency range into the at least one tooth and through the bone of the user; and vibrating the second transducer to transmit the second frequency range into the at least one tooth and through the bone of the user.