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| - In the 22nd century, a Starfleet earpiece was usually a white, round module with a blue center, adjacent to six oblong holes. The user of the earpiece would press it against their right or left ear, enabling them to hear the device. This style of earpiece was commonly used by Communications Officer Hoshi Sato aboard the NX-class starship Enterprise. (ENT: "Broken Bow", et al.) Earpieces were used by officers on the bridge of the USS Kelvin, which doubled as communicators. A variant lacking the communicator end was worn by the ship's tactical officer. (Star Trek)
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| - In the 22nd century, a Starfleet earpiece was usually a white, round module with a blue center, adjacent to six oblong holes. The user of the earpiece would press it against their right or left ear, enabling them to hear the device. This style of earpiece was commonly used by Communications Officer Hoshi Sato aboard the NX-class starship Enterprise. (ENT: "Broken Bow", et al.) In 2154, a black Denobulan earpiece was worn by the pilot of Denobulan medical ship Barzai. Once the craft was commandeered by Arik Soong and a group of Augments, the earpiece was worn by Persis while the ship was flown by the Augments to Cold Station 12. (ENT: "Cold Station 12") Earpieces were used by officers on the bridge of the USS Kelvin, which doubled as communicators. A variant lacking the communicator end was worn by the ship's tactical officer. (Star Trek) By 2265, a black ear device was in use. This could be used in conjunction with a ship's library computer, accessed through the vessel's science station. Like the earpieces of the previous century, a person would use this device by holding it against their ear. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" ) As this device was only used in conjunction with the library computer and in only one episode, it is unclear if it had any other uses. It is therefore also unclear how similar it was to the earpieces used primarily for communications. By the mid-2260s, earpieces were more commonly used aboard Starfleet vessels. They consisted of several metallic rungs, attached to a virtually transparent lead that was inserted into the user's ear, negating the need for tactile support. The signals they received could be amplified throughout the user's ship, although the devices had no automatic protection that might mute or lower loud transmissions. Aboard the Constitution-class USS Enterprise, this style of earpiece was frequently used by Communications Officer Uhura, Science Officer Spock, and several relief navigators. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver" , et al.) The same type of earpiece was also aboard the USS Defiant when the ship went missing from 2268 of the prime universe. After the vessel arrived in 2155 of the mirror universe and was seized by the Terran Empire, the earpiece was briefly used by Hoshi Sato at the communications station on the Defiant's bridge; she used it when arranging visual contact with the ISS Avenger. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II") Later, earpieces were also used by Uhura and Spock aboard the HMS Bounty and the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Another earpiece was subsequently used by the communications officer of the USS Enterprise-B, during the maiden voyage of that ship. (Star Trek Generations)
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