Can't Hear Myself When Using Headphones on Call

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Can't Hear Myself When Using Headphones on Call

When I use a headset with my iPhone, I can hear the caller loud and clear and they can hear me - but I can't hear me. I'm using sound-deadening phones, and there is no feedback so that I can hear my own voice (except the muffled sound that makes it around the earbuds). Is there a setting I can adjust someplace? The same thing happens with the iPhone earbuds.

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Posted on Jan 30, 2009 3:07 PM

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Macaby

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Jan 30, 2009 6:57 PM in response to John Bauer3

Wahaso wrote:
When I use a headset with my iPhone, I can hear the caller loud and clear and they can hear me - but I can't hear me.

What you're referring to is called "side tone". I don't member any Apple earbuds repeating this tone. Apparently, there are a lot of people that can't stand side tone. Most flight attendants fall into this category. When they're speaking, they hold the ear side of the phone away from their ear and talk into the other end of the phone as if it were a stand alone microphone.

I fall into the opposite category in that IF I don't hear a side tone, I wonder if I'm putting out.

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John Bauer3 Author

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Feb 3, 2009 9:48 AM in response to Macaby

That's the ticket. Most headsets I have used in the past (and even when using a regular land phone)provide that side tone so you can hear your voice as you speak. With the deadening effect of in-ear headsets, it can be awkward not to hear yourself. But it sounds like I'll just have to get used to it?

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Jan 30, 2009 3:25 PM in response to John Bauer3

Huh?

Why do you want to hear yourself?

Message was edited by: PlaneHazza

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icebike

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Jan 30, 2009 3:41 PM in response to John Bauer3

This is normal for the iphone. I don't think you can adjust it.

Pull one earbud out of you ear is the best you can do.

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