Wireless personal communication apparatus in the form of a necklace

An improvement in a wireless personal communication system having an earpiece suitable for being worn at the head of a user, and a processor unit,

• said earpiece having,
• a microphone responsive to a first sound from the environment, present at the input of said microphone, to provide a first electrical signal,
• a first wireless transmitter to provide a first wireless transmission in response to said first electrical signal,
• a first wireless receiver to receive a second wireless transmission to generate a second electrical signal, said second electrical signal being an enhanced version of said first electrical signal,
• a speaker transducer responsive to said, second electrical signal to convert said second electrical signal into a second sound;
• said processor unit comprising a form fitting article worn about the neck of a user having,
• a second wireless receiver responsive to said first wireless transmission to provide a third electrical signal that is a replica of said first electrical signal,
• a signal processor responsive to said third electrical signal to provide a fourth electrical signal, said fourth electrical signal being an enhanced version of said third electrical signal,
• a second wireless transmitter responsive to said fourth, electrical signal to provide said second wireless transmission of said fourth electrical signal, said second electrical signal being a replica of said fourth electrical signal.