Fact · Dictation
Wikipedia defines a noise-canceling microphone as a microphone designed to filter ambient noise.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“A noise-canceling microphone is a microphone that is designed to filter ambient noise”
Noise-canceling microphone, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, n.d., Opening sentence.
Open the original- What it measures
- The opening sentence of the English Wikipedia article on noise-canceling microphones, read on 2026-10-16. The article then explains the differential design that most of these microphones use.
- What it does not show
- A definition, not a measure of how much noise a given model removes. Marketing terms for headsets use the same words for different designs.