TELEPHONE HANDSETS

An ergonomic telephone handset (10,30,40,50,62,70) having a body comprising a speaker portion (14,13,17,21,24, 33,42,53,72), microphone portion (11,41,52,63,71) and handle portion joining said speaker and microphone portions wherein the speaker portion includes an ear engaging portion which is pivotably (16,26,32,34,37,54,73) or flexibly supported (13,17,22,14,38,53,60,76) relative to said handle portion such that in use, the speaker portion is maintained substantially aligned with a user's ear irrespective of the location of the hand piece. The speaker portion may be mounted upon a universal pivotal joint (26,36,37,32,54,73) for movement in any direction. The ear piece may be made of flexible foam like material (13,19,22,43,53,60,76) to provide said flexing support to comfortably contact the ear of a user so that the microphone or ear piece remains aligned with the ear independently of any movement or disposition of the handle portion.