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Noise-canceling microphone

Okay kiddo, do you know what a microphone is? It's a little gadget that helps people's voice sound louder and clearer when they talk into it.

Now, a noise-canceling microphone is a special microphone that helps to block out unwanted noises in the background.

Imagine you are talking to someone on the phone and there's a lot of noise around you, like people talking loudly or cars passing by. Those noises can make it hard for the person on the other end to hear your voice clearly.

That's where the noise-canceling microphone comes in handy. It has a special technology that helps to pick up your voice, while at the same time, trying to block out the background noise.

So, when you talk into a noise-canceling microphone, the person at the other end can hear only your voice clearly, and not all the noise around you.

It's like having a special ear that only hears what it wants to hear and blocks out all the rest of the noise. Cool, right?
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