Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a speech station (10) for an intercom network (11), comprising an in particular parallepipedal housing (12), with a housing front (13) and a rear housing side (14), wherein a plurality of programmable operator controls (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) and multiple displays (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) are tightly packed on the housing front (13), wherein the operator controls comprise a plurality of selector keys (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d), wherein the speech station as a result of a selector key being actuated by an operator provides a direct listen and/or talk connection to a selected other speech station (18a, 18b) of the intercom network via a switching station (19), wherein a plurality of connectors (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d), such as power-supply connector, data cable connector, BNC connector, are mounted on the rear housing side (14), wherein at least one loudspeaker (24a, 24b) is fixed on the speech station, wherein the loudspeaker is accommodated in a seat (25) between the housing front (13) an