Literally, pertaining to or having the use of only one ear. In sound work, monaural has to do with a signal which, for purposes of communicating audio information, has been confined to a single channel. One microphone is a mono pickup; many microphones mixed to one channel is a mono mix; a mono signal played through two speakers is still mono, since it only carries one channel of information. Several monaural sources, however, can be panned into a stereo (or at least two-channel, if you are going to be picky) mix. Monaural sound reinforcement is common for environments where stereo sound reinforcement would provide an uneven reproduction to the listener.

A headset that is configured with 1 speaker, and designed to be worn on either the right or left ear. This design permits interaction between the headset user and other people in the vicinity, while the user is simultaneously engaged in a phone conversation.

One-ear type headset

A situation in which sounds are presented to one ear only

one ear/one side.

See Monophonic.

(Compare with Binaural) () A headset with a single speaker.

Refers to when sound is presented only to one ear (i.e., A monaural hearing aid fitting involves only one ear.).

1. One-eared. 2. Monophonic.

A sound recorded or reproduced in only one channel.

Monaural (often shortened to mono) sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or, in the case of headphones or multiple loudspeakers, they are fed from a common signal path, and in the case of multiple microphones, mixed into a single signal path at some stage.