An earpiece includes a housing including a sound output channel operatively coupled to a speaker formed within the housing. An ear canal feedback channel is formed extending alongside the sound output channel and operatively coupled to a microphone formed within the housing and a DSP operatively coupled to the microphone, the DSP including a voice activity detection module to detect a microphone audio data stream and discern between host audio data stream of audio played by the speaker and external ear canal noise captured in the microphone audio data stream at the microphone at the ear canal feedback channel. An audio processor receives the detected external ear canal noise and generate audio data descriptive of an opposite waveform to the detected external ear canal noise to playback and reduce the detected external ear canal noise.