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This method has been particularly useful for non-invasive assessments and is used in various clinical settings, such as OSA, asthma, respiratory infectious diseases, lung function, and detection during either wakefulness or sleep. One of the challenges and limitations of TBS recording is the background noise, including speech sound, movement, and even non-tracheal breathing sounds propagating in the air. The breathing sounds captured from the nose or mouth can interfere with the tracheal breathing sounds, making it difficult to isolate the sounds necessary for accurate diagnostics. In this study, two surface microphones are proposed to accurately record TBS acquired solely from the trachea. The frequency response of each microphone is compared with a reference microphone. Additionally, this study evaluates the tracheal and lung breathing sounds of six participants recorded using the proposed microphones versus a commercial omnidirectional microphone, both in environments with and without background white noise. The proposed microphones demonstrated reduced susceptibility to background noise particularly in the frequency ranges (1800\u20132199) Hz and (2200\u20132599) Hz with maximum deviation of 2 dB and 2.1 dB, respectively, compared to 9 dB observed in the commercial microphone. 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