Airpods microphone delay

My airpod microphone is not working correctly. If I were to count "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...", the microphone would not capture "1, 2" but it would capture "3, 4, 5, 6," etc. as long as there wasn't a break in my counting greater than about 2 seconds. If there was a break greater than 2 seconds, the microphone would again not pick up the first 2 seconds of audio.

So, counting "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" without anymore than a 2 second break between numbers would result in "3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" being captured by the microphone.

Counting "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" with a 3 second (or more) break after 5 would result in "3, 4, 5" (pause) "8, 9, 10" being captured by the mic.

Please help!