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Invention of the Microphone

The microphone is one of the technological tools that continue to be used frequently today.

Adriana Fiszer
Jun 17, 2021
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Invention of the Microphone

The microphone is one of the technological tools that continue to be used frequently today. It is used not only in the television industry but in almost every field. Although many inventions have undergone evolution after being discovered, the microphone has continued on its way almost like the first day. In this article, we have compiled for you who played a role in the invention of the microphone.

What is a Microphone?

A microphone is an electroacoustic device that emits sound waves by converting them to vibration. Since it gives signal feedback according to the sound wave, they are inseparable from each other with the speaker.

The microphone came into our lives in 1876 thanks to Emile Berliner. After Graham Bell invented the telephone, Emile Berliner examined the telephone, including its interior, and concluded that the quality of the voice transmitted by the telephone was not sufficient. As a result of his own research, he learned information about current and phases and started to invent the microphone.

Emile's goal was to initially record his voice with the microphone and then export it. Bell telephone company owned by Graham Bell liked Emile's invention very much and bought Emile's microphone, which was the first microphone sample, for 50 thousand dollars.

This product was later studied by David Edward Hughes in 1878 and research was conducted on how it could be improved. Finally, Hughes invented the carbon microphone. Until the 1920s this microphone remained in the form of a carbon microphone made by Hughes. In the 1920s, work was started again to develop this microphone.
In 1964, two successful Bell Laboratories employees, Gerhard Sessler and James West invented the electret microphone. The microphone has undergone many changes and developments since 1964. Currently, it is among the most used technological tools by almost everyone in the world. The microphone of the phone, computer; the microphone of the headset is just a few of the uses of the microphone.

Types of microphone

magnetic microphone

Carbon microphone

Crystal microphone

electromagnetic microphone

condenser microphone

Electrodynamic microphone

electric microphone

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