Abstract: A circuit for reducing reverberative interference utilizes a pair of spatially separated microphones to obtain speech signals from a common sound source. Each speech signal is transformed into an envelope representative signal having rapid increases responsive to direct path and echo energy bursts from the sound source and exponential decaying portions between energy bursts. A first pulse corresponding to a sound source direct path energy burst is generated responsive to the first speech signal exceeding its envelope representative signal, and further first pulses corresponding to echo bursts are inhibited for a predetermined time. A second pulse corresponding to said sound source direct path energy burst is generated responsive to the second speech signal exceeding its envelope representative signal, and further second pulses corresponding to echo bursts are inhibited for a predetermined time.