A microphone enclosure for reducing the intensity of sound waves that
reach a microphone is presented. The enclosure may be a solid mass with a
cavity, designed so that most of the microphone is surrounded by the
solid mass when the microphone is inserted into the cavity. The solid
mass is dense enough to reduce much of the sound waves that are first
mechanically and then acoustically coupled with the microphone. The
microphone may be inserted into the cavity so that a sound receiving
section is exposed at the entrance of the cavity. Also, the microphone
may not be inserted to the end of the cavity so that there is a space
between the end of the cavity and the microphone. A hole may be located
on the cavity sidewall so that sound can reach the microphone through
this space. The sound receiving sections of the microphone are aligned
with openings in the communications device.