Method and Apparatus for Acoustically Characterizing an Environment in which an Electronic Device Resides

A communication device configurable based on an acoustic environment, the communication device comprising:

• acoustic hardware configured to emit a first acoustic signal and to capture at least one acoustic signal comprising at least one of ambient sound or at least one reflection of the first acoustic signal;
• a processor configured to characterize an acoustic environment external to the communication device using the at least one captured acoustic signal;
• a acoustic processing system configured to provide acoustic processing of a received acoustic signal, wherein the acoustic processing system is adaptable based on the characterized acoustic environment.