Headset

A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Headsets typically have only one speaker like a telephone, but also come with speakers for both ears. They have many uses including in call centers and other telephone-intensive jobs and for personal use at the computer to facilitate comfortable simultaneous conversation and typing. Headsets can come... more

A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Headsets typically have only one speaker like a telephone, but also come with speakers for both ears. They have many uses including in call centers and other telephone-intensive jobs and for personal use at the computer to facilitate comfortable simultaneous conversation and typing. Headsets can come in single-earpiece and double earpiece designs. Single earpiece headsets are known as monaural headsets. However, double earpiece headsets come in both stereo type (two channels of audio signal, one for each earpiece) or binaural type {the same audio channel for both ear-pieces). Professional users may choose to wear monaural headsets because they free up one ear, so they can be more conscious of their work surroundings. Telephone headsets only come in monaural type for double earpiece designs because telephone only offers single-channel... less