<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001078782-17-001551.txt : 20171113
<SEC-HEADER>0001078782-17-001551.hdr.sgml : 20171110
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20171113173101
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001078782-17-001551
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171110
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171113

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAGLEY E BRYAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001262764

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33660
		FILM NUMBER:		171197334

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1470 ARLINGTON DR
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84103

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAGEY E BRYAN
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030908

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CLEARONE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000840715
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				870398877
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5225 WILEY POST WAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8019757200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5225 WILEY POST WAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CLEARONE COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020204

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GENTNER COMMUNICATIONS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GENTNER ELECTRONICS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910808
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    <periodOfReport>2017-11-10</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000840715</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CLEARONE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CLRO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001262764</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BAGLEY E BRYAN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1470 ARLINGTON DR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SALT LAKE CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84103</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-11-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>171</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.7</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>38773</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>604086</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See Footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Bagley's indirect ownership consists of 4,000 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Bagley's children, 400,086 shares of common stock that Mr. Bagley is deemed to indirectly own because they are in revocable trusts for which he acts as a co-trustee with his wife, and 200,000 shares that Mr. Bagley is deemed to indirectly own because he has a pecuniary interest in that number of shares that are held in a irrevocable trust for which Mr. Bagley acts a co-trustee.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ E. Bryan Bagley</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-11-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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