Patent ID: 8000958

Claim:
A method of enhancing the efficiency or accuracy of completion of a task during remote communication transmitted electronically between a first person and a second person where at least the first person engages in speech for the benefit of the second person and the second person engages in the task, the method comprising the steps of modifying the speech of at least the first person transmitted to the second person by inputting the speech of the first person to a device that includes an audio filter; defining a first speech component and a second speech component for the first person, the first speech components comprising the speech fundamental frequency which is the speech component below 0.75 Khz, and the second speech component including the speech component above 0.75 Khz, using the device to filter the inputted vocalization to isolate the first speech component; augmenting the first speech component for the first person by increasing the relative volume of the first speech component by at least 5 db; transmitting the augmented first speech component to only one of the left or the right ear of the second person; and transmitting the second speech component to the other of the left and right ear of the second person.