A communication headset having ear cups having mirror image ear cup cushions, a head band connecting the ear cups and capable of articulating about the connections to the ear cups, and a boom microphone. The housings of the ear cups are not mirror images. The ear cups support, variously, forward pointing microphone openings, a boom microphone, pushbuttons, switches, and slots. The characteristic features of the design resides in the articulatible headband and in the pattern of external switches, pushbuttons, microphones, and slots on the ear cup housings.
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