headset

Example:I prefer to use earphones for private listening; they won't bother other people in the office.

Definition:Wear units that fit into or over the ear to permit the listener to hear sound, usually of the encoded electrical form of a voice or musical sound.

Example:He connected his headphones to the computer to listen to his podcast during the commute.

Definition:An apparatus for perceiving electrical audio signals through the ear; worn over or in the ear, and plugged into a source of audio signals such as portable media players, radios and televisions.

Example:The auricular phones were used by the professionals in the recording studio for mixing the sound.

Definition:Earphones or headphones used to transmit audio signals.