Patent ID: 8270622

Claim:
In combination with at least one of speaking and singing event characterized by presence of at least one event microphone and absence of floor based sound monitors, a headset for monitoring person's own voice, said headset comprising: (a) a housing having an inner side thereof engageable with at least one of a human ear and a predetermined portion of skin adjacent such human ear; (b) a speaker mounted within said housing; (c) a fastening means for attaching said housing to such at least one of such human ear and such predetermined portion of skin adjacent such human ear and for positioning said speaker in operative communication with an external auditory ear canal; (d) a boom having a first end thereof operatively affixed to said housing; (e) a microphone operatively affixed to an opposed second end of said boom for receiving audible sound wave and for converting said sound wave into an electrical signal, whereby said microphone is positioned in close proximity to person's mouth; (f) an amplifier disposed within said housing and operatively connected to said speaker and said microphone for amplifying said electrical signal generated thereby; (g) a volume control means operatively disposed between said amplifier and said microphone for controlling amplification of said electrical signal generated thereby; (h) a battery contained within said housing and supplying a predetermined voltage to each of said amplifier and said microphone; and (i) a voltage supply control means operatively disposed in a path of said predetermined voltage supply from said battery for selectively controlling supply of said predetermined voltage therefrom.