> I thought would come from it being viable in a "loud, high intensity situation". The reason they're used is because they're particularly good at rejecting ba

> I thought would come from it being viable in a "loud, high intensity situation". The reason they're used is because they're particularly good at rejecting background noise - so that you can hear someone over the sound of nearby gunfire. Throat mics are obviously right at the source of audio vibrations and aren't picking up vibrations from the air (at least not on purpose) so they have high ratio between signal (voice) and noise (unwanted background).