Patent ID: 8019092

Claim:
An aural device for reducing a user's experience of undesirable environmental noise, comprising: (a) a housing configured for placement adjacent to the ear canal of a user without covering the pinna, the housing having an interior, an exterior, a lateral end, and a medial end, comprising: (i) a transducer in the interior of the housing; (ii) circuitry in electrical communication with the transducer for generating sound, the circuitry comprising a white noise generator; (iii) a conduit for conducting sound generated by the transducer from the interior of the housing to the exterior of the housing, the conduit having a proximal end adjacent the transducer and a distal end adjacent the medial end of the housing; and (iv) an elastic rim adjacent to the distal end of the conduit for covering the ear canal of a user; (b) a projection having a proximal end connected to the housing, a distal end, a substantially flat lateral surface and a substantially flat medial surface, the projection comprising an electrical connector; and (c) a battery connected to the distal end of the electrical connector of the projection, wherein the battery is in electrical communication with the circuitry and the transducer through the electrical connector.