Advice on sound filter

Hey ya'lls,
I was wondering if anyone had a quick opinion on what type of audio filter I may be able to use on a segment I have. In one feature, my talent is speaking into a microphone and (much to my frustration) is holding the mac a little too closely to his mouth, so his speech sounds very harsh if you know what I mean. I don't know jack about audio design, so I was wondering if anyone knew of a filter that would be aid in helping make this clip sound better? I of course realize that certain audio that is captured poorly is going to sound poor no matter how many filters you apply... but I think this might be someone salvageable if there were a filter that could doctor it up a bit. I can't rerecord the spot, either, so my only option is to work with what I got.
Thanks in advance for any answers!

Sorry, I didn't catch that. When people lump all their thoughts together without regard to paragraph form, my eyes tend to glaze over and I miss the bits that get tacked on at the end.
What I know is if the audio is over modulated, aka - peaks at -0db, whatever is garbled is gone.
This problem appears to be a major one then. You might want to also wander over to the soundtrack forum and see what the wizards there can offerup.
good luck.
x

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