The current prototype of the packaged, middle-ear microphone measures 2.5-by-6.2 millimeters (roughly one-tenth by one-quarter inch) and weighs 25 milligrams, or less than a thousandth of an ounce.

To test the new microphone, the researchers used the temporal bones -- bones at the side of the skull -- and related ear canal, eardrum and hearing bones from four cadaver donors.

The RippleBuds project supports hands-free calling with the inclusion of an in-ear microphone, while also promising increased play time. SUBSCRIBE. ... though found them a little on the quiet side.

The left side ear piece features the connector for the SMH5-FM intercom module, along with the removable boom microphone and the second speaker. Where the original microphone boom on the SPH10H was ...

The side-by-side eardrums of the fly span only about a millimeter. Unlike any other known ear structure, there’s a bridge of stiff material connecting the two membranes almost as a hinge might ...

U.S researchers are developing a tiny middle ear "microphone" that could remove the need for any external components on cochlear implants. Led by University of Utah engineer Darrin J. Young, the ...

The device, according to Samsung, is the first earbud headset to contain both a transmitter and a microphone. It picks up the sound of speaking directly via the user's head, filtering out some 90 ...

And the microphone is of only average quality: even compared to the microphone in Apple’s stock iPhone earbuds, the In-Ear’s mic was too quiet in my testing, and it made male voices sound thin.