Patent ID: 8111858

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an earphone, comprising: a generally planar baffle having two surfaces, with an opening therethrough; a first enclosed volume portion, comprising the first baffle surface; a foam structure having two generally planar surfaces and sides and an opening therethrough, the opening having two ends, the first planar surface of the foam structure mounted against the first baffle surface so that the baffle opening is adjacent the first end of the cushion opening, wherein the foam structure opening is acoustically coupled to the foam structure; and a cushion cover of acoustically closed material, covering the second planar surface of the foam structure, except for the second end of the cushion opening; and a second enclosed volume portion, comprising the second baffle surface; and a cup-shaped shell; wherein the cushion cover is constructed and arranged to contact the external portion of a user's ear and to conform to features of the external portion of a user's ear so that the cushion seals against the user's ear without contact to the side of the head of the user.