Personal listening rather than call-centre gear: earbuds, wired earphones and headphones from Moki, Philips and Kensington. If the job is calls all day with a microphone on a boom, you want the headset wall instead.

For shared or student use, volume-limited models cap output at safe levels — worth specifying for anything issued to kids. See earbuds, volume-limited headphones and office headsets.

erbatim over-ear headphones displayed on a bright office desk with laptop, notebook and coffee.