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Amendments to the Specification: MAR2 9 2007
Please replace the second paragraph on page 1 of the specification with the following
paragraph;
This application is also related to: (i) U.S. Patent A pplication No. 10/826,527 Application
No. filed concurrently, and entitled, "DIRECTIONAL HEARING
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS," which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (ii)
U.S. Patent Application No. 10/826.531 Application No. filed concurrently, and
entitled, "DIRECTIONAL SPEAKER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE,"
which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (iii) U.S. Patent A pplication No.
10/826.537 Application No. filed concurrently, and entitled, "METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR LOCALIZED DELIVERY OF AUDIO SOUND FOR ENHANCED
PRIVACY," which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; and (iv) U.S. Patent
A pplication No. 1 0/8 26. 528 A pplication No. filed concurrently, and entitled,
"METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DELIVERY/' which is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Please replace the last paragraph on page 22 with the following paragraph:
In another embodiment, a wireless communication system can, for example, be used as a
hearing aid. The microphone in the interface unit can capture audio signals in its vicinity,
and the directional speaker can rc-transmit the captured audio signals to the user. The
microphone can also be a directional microphone that is more sensitive to audio signals in
selective directions, such as in front of the user. In this application, the speaker output
volume is typically higher. For example, one approach is to drive a bimorph device at
higher voltages. The hearing aid can selectively amplify different audio frequencies by
different amounts based on user preference or user hearing characteristics. In other
words, the audio output can be tailored to the hearing of the user. Different embodiments
on hearing enhancement through personalizing or tailoring to the hearing of the user have
been described in the U.S. Patent Application No. 10/826.527 Application No.
Appln.No. 10/826,529 2 Docket No. IPVBP001
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filed concurrently, and entitled, "Directional Hearing Enhancement Systems", which is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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