Definition of "bone-conduction" []

• Transmission of sound-waves to the auditory apparatus through the bones of the face. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The headset rests on a user's cheekbones and delivers sound through "bone-conduction technology" directly to the inner ear, VoxLinc says."
• "This may be similar to bone-conduction, i.e. sound-induced vibrations of the skull."
• "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."