diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index aeabd1548b..54f9d962b0 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ void AudioMixer::readPendingDatagrams() {
             PacketType mixerPacketType = packetTypeForPacket(receivedPacket);
             if (mixerPacketType == PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioNoEcho
                 || mixerPacketType == PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioWithEcho
-                || mixerPacketType == PacketTypeInjectAudio) {
+                || mixerPacketType == PacketTypeInjectAudio
+                || mixerPacketType == PacketTypeSilentAudioFrame) {
                 
                 nodeList->findNodeAndUpdateWithDataFromPacket(receivedPacket);
             } else {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
index 8907796094..b2da0a0aaa 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ AvatarAudioRingBuffer* AudioMixerClientData::getAvatarAudioRingBuffer() const {
 int AudioMixerClientData::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     PacketType packetType = packetTypeForPacket(packet);
     if (packetType == PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioWithEcho
-        || packetType == PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioNoEcho) {
+        || packetType == PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioNoEcho
+        || packetType == PacketTypeSilentAudioFrame) {
 
         // grab the AvatarAudioRingBuffer from the vector (or create it if it doesn't exist)
         AvatarAudioRingBuffer* avatarRingBuffer = getAvatarAudioRingBuffer();
diff --git a/interface/src/Audio.cpp b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
index dcb955597e..b684cec46e 100644
--- a/interface/src/Audio.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void Audio::handleAudioInput() {
                     }
                 }
                 if (!_noiseGateOpen) {
-                    memset(monoAudioSamples, 0, NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL);
+                    memset(monoAudioSamples, 0, NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL);
                     _lastInputLoudness = 0;
                 }
             }
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void Audio::handleAudioInput() {
             // our input loudness is 0, since we're muted
             _lastInputLoudness = 0;
         }
-
+        
         // add procedural effects to the appropriate input samples
         addProceduralSounds(monoAudioSamples,
                             NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL);
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ void Audio::handleAudioInput() {
             
             PacketType packetType;
             if (_lastInputLoudness == 0) {
-                packetType = PacketTypeSilentAudioListener;
+                packetType = PacketTypeSilentAudioFrame;
                 
                 // we need to indicate how many silent samples this is to the audio mixer
                 monoAudioSamples[0] = NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL;
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ void Audio::handleAudioInput() {
             nodeList->writeDatagram(monoAudioDataPacket, numAudioBytes + leadingBytes, audioMixer);
 
             Application::getInstance()->getBandwidthMeter()->outputStream(BandwidthMeter::AUDIO)
-                .updateValue(NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES_PER_CHANNEL + leadingBytes);
+                .updateValue(numAudioBytes + leadingBytes);
         }
         delete[] inputAudioSamples;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
index 0ac53231a1..11e1a7c2ae 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/PositionalAudioRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ int PositionalAudioRingBuffer::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     
     packetStream.skipRawData(parsePositionalData(packet.mid(packetStream.device()->pos())));
    
-    if (packetTypeForPacket(packet) == PacketTypeSilentAudioListener) {
+    if (packetTypeForPacket(packet) == PacketTypeSilentAudioFrame) {
         // this source had no audio to send us, but this counts as a packet
         // write silence equivalent to the number of silent samples they just sent us
         int16_t numSilentSamples;
-        packetStream >> numSilentSamples;
+        packetStream.readRawData(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&numSilentSamples), sizeof(int16_t));
+        
         addSilentFrame(numSilentSamples);
     } else {
         // there is audio data to read
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PacketHeaders.h b/libraries/shared/src/PacketHeaders.h
index 6f87ac8e3f..c6ce6bdd6b 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PacketHeaders.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PacketHeaders.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum PacketType {
     PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioNoEcho,
     PacketTypeMicrophoneAudioWithEcho,
     PacketTypeBulkAvatarData,
-    PacketTypeSilentAudioListener,
+    PacketTypeSilentAudioFrame,
     PacketTypeEnvironmentData,
     PacketTypeDomainListRequest,
     PacketTypeRequestAssignment,