Own voice reinforcement using extra-aural speakers

A method performed by a processor of a computer system comprising an audio source device and a wireless audio receiver device, both of which are to be worn by a user, the method comprising:

• capturing in a microphone signal, using a microphone, user-desired audio content and ambient noise from within an ambient environment in which the user is located;
• generating a user-desired audio signal from the microphone signal by reducing the ambient noise;
• causing an extra-aural speaker of the audio source device to output the user-desired audio signal;
• and
• transmitting, over a wireless link, an audio signal that is different from the user-desired audio signal to the wireless audio receiver device.

A first wireless electronic device comprising:

• a plurality of microphones;
• a speaker;
• a processor;
• and
• memory having instructions stored therein which when executed by the first wireless electronic device while being worn by a user to:
• produce, using the plurality of microphones, a directional beam pattern directed towards an extra-aural speaker of a second wireless electronic device that is being worn by the user, the directional beam pattern capturing a sound produced by the extra-aural speaker as an output beamformer signal;
• and
• using the output beamformer signal to drive the speaker.