Method and device for in-ear echo suppression

An earphone configured to allow a selected amount of ambient signal to pass through, comprising:

• an ambient microphone configured to measure an acoustic environment and generate an ambient signal;
• a speaker;
• an eartip, configured to seal the earphone between a first side and a second side of the earphone;
• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor is operatively connected to the microphone, wherein the processor is operatively connected to the speaker, wherein the processor is operatively connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving the ambient signal;
• retrieving an ambient passthrough value from memory;
• modifying the ambient signal to generate a modified ambient signal according to the ambient passthrough value;
• sending a modified signal to the speaker, wherein the modified signal includes the modified ambient signal.