throat microphone

noun

1. a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.

throat microphone

noun

1. a type of microphone that is held against the throat to pick up voice vibrations Also calledthroat mike

Word History and Origins

Origin of throat microphone¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Two loudspeakers atop the building picked up his words from a throat microphone and flung them into the night wind.

From Time Magazine Archive

The operating surgeon wears a throat microphone so that he can explain every cut and stitch.

From Time Magazine Archive

A throat microphone picked up the words and transmitted them to the ears of the man in the screen.

From Project Gutenberg

He wore a throat microphone for sending out messages, and for receiving calls had a thin silver wire running to the vibrating bone in his ear.

From Project Gutenberg