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A throat microphone, also called a laryngophone, is a type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat by way of single or dual sensors worn against the neck. The sensors, called transducers , can pick up speech even in extremely noisy or windy environments, such as on a motorcycle or in a nightclub .
A rare type of microphone stand is the bottomless microphone stand—essentially a microphone stand with no base, so a singer must hold it throughout a live performance. It is useful as a mobile prop. Freddie Mercury (the lead singer of Queen), discovered the device by accident: he grabbed a standard microphone stand with such force that it ...
In 1939, Alvino Rey, amateur radio operator W6UK, used a carbon throat microphone wired in such a way as to modulate his electric steel guitar sound. The mic, originally developed for military pilot communications, was placed on the throat of Rey's wife Luise King (one of The King Sisters), who stood behind a curtain and mouthed the words, along with the guitar lines.
A new type of laser microphone is a device that uses a laser beam and smoke or vapor to detect sound vibrations in free air. On August 25, 2009, U.S. patent 7,580,533 issued for a Particulate Flow Detection Microphone based on a laser-photocell pair with a moving stream of smoke or vapor in the laser beam's path.
Pinochle. Aces around, dix or double pinochles. Score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. By Masque Publishing
An electrolarynx, sometimes referred to as a "throat back", is a medical device used to produce clearer speech by those people who have lost their voice box, usually due to cancer of the larynx.
Former President Trump’s rally in Milwaukee on Friday was derailed by technical difficulties as he seethed over microphone issues during his final planned stop in the swing state of Wisconsin.
He then proceeded to take the only old style round base mic stand at the venue, checked to see if the base wasn't stripped out, then put Brown's mic (SM 58) and clip on it. He then, with a joint hanging from his mouth, proceeded to wrap layers and layers of duct tape around the cord and stand just under the mic clip.