I have a similar issue, but in my case simply plugging in a headset
"steals" the mouse so I'm unable to switch between windows using mouse
or do anything else. Keyboard continues to work though.

The problem is described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1975696
and a workaround is posted here: 
http://www.rodneybeede.com/Plantronics_Savi_7xx-M_and_Linux_mouse_or_lockup_problems.html

The device presents itself as an usb sound card, a mouse and a keyboard.
To make X11 ignore the keyboard and mouse features (which are fine in
windows but Xorg does not like it), I added this to xorg.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier  "Plantronics"
        MatchVendor "Plantronics"
        Option      "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

The workaround works great for me

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  Mute button on USB headset steals and holds on to mouse focus

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