Electronically enabled eyewear (US7004582)

a wind sock disposed over the at least one microphone, the wind sock having a shape complimentary to a shape of an outer surface of the frame surrounding the microphone; and

a transceiver supported by the frame, the transceiver being configured to wirelessly transmit a digital signal representative of an output of the microphone.

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