telephone sidetone

Definition

Electronics

• The reproduction by the receiver of sounds from the same telephone's transmitter. Although a caller's own voice is usually heard over the same telephone, if the amplitude of this signal exceeds a given threshold it is usually unwanted. Also called sidetone (1).

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Contexts for “telephone sidetone”

1 definition in context
• Electronics