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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Michael A. Vaudrey, Blacksburg, VA (US);
William R. Saunders, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Michael A. Vaudrey, Blacksburg, VA (US);
William R. Saunders, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Akiba Electronics Institute LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An integrated individual listening device and decoder for receiving an audio signal including a decoder for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the voice signal and amplifying the voice signal; a second end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the background signal and amplifying the background signal; a summing amplifier coupled to outputs of said first and second end-user adjustable amplifiers and outputting a total audio signal, said total signal being coupled to an individual listening device.