Patent ID: 7089042

Claim:
A headset comprising: a main body with an attachment structure constructed to attach the headset in an operative position to the head of a user; a speaker carried by the main body, the speaker being positionable adjacent a user's ear when the headset is attached in the operative position, the speaker being operable to output audible noise based on a speaker input signal transmitted to the speaker; a microphone boom carried by the main body and having a distal end portion; a microphone carried on the distal end portion of the microphone boom, the microphone being operable to receive audible noise and transmit a microphone output signal based on the received audible noise; the microphone boom being movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the distal end portion being positioned further forwardly towards the mouth of the user when the headset is attached to the user's head in the operative position so as to be closer to the user's mouth in the extended position than in the retracted position; circuitry carried by the main body and connected to the speaker and microphone, the circuitry being operable to transmit and receive signals from a communications device, to transmit the speaker input signal to the speaker, and to receive the microphone output signal from the microphone to thereby establish communication between both the speaker and the microphone and the communications device; at least one sensor coupled to the circuitry for sensing a position of the microphone boom; the circuitry being further operable to apply a gain to the microphone output signal, the gain being varied based on the position of the microphone boom as sensed by the at least one sensor such that the gain is greater when the microphone boom is in the retracted position thereof than when the microphone boom is in the extended position thereof.