History
The headset was invented in 1910, by a Stanford University student named Nathaniel Baldwin. Baldwin was not able to interest anyone in mass-producing this communication tool. Not until World War I did the US Army purchase 100 headsets for their pilots. Hence the early uses and markets for headsets were mainly for aviation. Plantronics, still a large manufacturer of headsets, was started by two pilots, whose initial goal was to develop headsets which were lightweight and comfortable for pilots.
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