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From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
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roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>	Related question: anybody know how to deal with phones in a
>noisy environment like a machine room.
 ...
>The problem is room noise picked up in the mouthpiece
>and heard through my earpiece (is sidetone the right term for that?)

This is a simple one, there is a product called the confidencer,
available from lots of places including hello-direct.

On the handsets in our machine room, I have placed the handsets with
the amplifier (turn up the knob if its too noisy) and the confidencer
(it replaces the mic) so that the noise doesn't feed back in.

You have to hold your mouth real close for it to be heard (over two
inches is like you're across the room, over six and forget it.

Works great, they make models for carbon and electronic mics.  The
confidencer is about $35.  I got my amplified handsets from a catalog
distributor for about $10-20 each, but they are readly available
anywhere for about $50-60 :-).


Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
Datacomp Systems, Inc.                          Voice: (215) 947-9900
syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd                        FAX:   (215) 938-0235