Patent ID: 8014836

Claim:
A telephone apparatus comprising: a transmitter to which a voice spoken by a caller is input; a receiver to be placed close to an ear of the caller; a speaker that is provided in the telephone apparatus, a front face of the speaker being opposed to said receiver, and a sound being output from the front face of the speaker; a first tone hole that is provided in said receiver, and allows the sound output from the front face of the speaker to be emitted to the outside of the telephone apparatus; a first path that guides the sound output from the front face of the speaker to the first tone hole; a second tone hole that is provided at a position separated from the first tone hole; and a second path that guides the sound output from the front face of the speaker to the second tone hole extending along the first path; wherein the first path and the second path have a common region, and wherein the second tone hole is separated from the position of the speaker in the direction of the transmitter.