bone-conduction

The headset rests on a user's cheekbones and delivers sound through "bone-conduction technology" directly to the inner ear, VoxLinc says.

Tech Charms: Flying Cameras, Musical Purses Don Clark 2012

This may be similar to bone-conduction, i.e. sound-induced vibrations of the skull.

A Decade Spanning Single Exchange 2008

It might sound a bit tinny through the bone-conduction transducers in the temples of the spectacles, but they expect to have that worked out by Kindle 11, even promising a synthetic “surround sound” system.

What Would a Kindle 10 look like? « Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, iPad Review 2009

The SWAN system, consisting of a small laptop, a proprietary tracking chip, and bone-conduction headphones, provides audio cues to guide the person from place to place, with or without vision.

Life in the wrong future 2006

He snatched at the soft rubber mask of the phone, jerking it away from the man's mouth so violently that he could feel the bone-conduction receiver grate between the man's teeth.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

The good: Has "stealth mode," a bone-conduction technology that completely blocks out environmental noise.

SFGate: Top News Stories CNET San Francisco Chronicle 2011

And the HX1 features bone-conduction technology with a special in-ear sensor for combating external noise that would otherwise trip up an external mic.

PCMag.com: New Product Reviews 2010

Designed to fit on a swim goggle or snorkeling mask, the player uses bone-conduction technology to transmit music, or sound vibrations, underneath the water from your cheekbone to your inner ear.

unknown title 2009

Aliph has released its latest bone-conduction headset, the Jawbone Prime.

Ubergizmo 2009

Designed to fit on a swim goggle or snorkeling mask, the player uses bone-conduction technology to transmit music, or sound vibrations, underneath the water from your cheekbone to your inner ear.

MP3Board.com 2009