Patent ID: 6950531

Claim:
An industrial hearing protection and communication assembly comprising: a frame, said frame including a front frame member; at least one substantially transparent, substantially shatter proof material eye panel coupled to said front frame member; said frame structured to be supportably disposed on a wearer so as to maintain said eye panel disposed in a generally shielding position in front of the wearer's eyes; at least one disposable protective ear insert structured and disposed to be inserted into the wearer's ears so as to substantially muffle exterior noise, a flexible insert connector extending from said frame and structured and disposed to removably secure said protective ear insert to said frame such that said protective ear insert is variably positionable relative to said frame in accordance with the location of the wearer's ears, said protective ear insert including a bore extending axially therein from a first face thereof, a receiver structured and disposed to receive an audio signal; at least one speaker head structured and disposed to audibly communicate said audio signal received by said receiver to the wearer, said speaker head sized to be removably inserted into said bore in said protective ear insert such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud environment and said protective ear insert substantially muffles exterior noise.