If I plug in a USB mic it disables headphones

I am connecting a USB mic via the camera connection kit.
The mic seems to work fine, in that I can record my voice using GarageBand.
However, if I have headphones plugged in as well, then the USB mic disables them.
I can't monitor the sound whilst recording, and can only listen to it when I play back by unplugging the mic (or the headphones)
It isn't GarageBand specific (hence I didn't post it in that forum)
One guess is that the iPad decided the USB mic is also a pair of speakers, and routes the audio output to the mic.
I can't see anywhere to control this.
Any workarounds or fixes?

anyone else noticing the same problem?

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Anyone else noticed a similar problem?
I am connecting a USB mic via the camera connection kit.
The mic seems to work fine as Garargeband records the audio from the mic using the Audio Recorder.
However, if I plug headphones in as well - which would be normal if you want to record a voice track - then the headphones don't seem to work, so you can't monitor the track as you record.
If I unplug the USB mic, then the headphones work. So it isn't a problem with the headphones. And I can record using the built-in mic and monitor as I record
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