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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / February 2006noise cancelling headphones
Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? If so do you like them or not and do they work well? What brands? I have a friend who paid big bucks for Bose and has had nothing but trouble with them from the start. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you would like to share on the subject.  SignatureBill Urquhart > Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? > If so do you like them or not and do they work well? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Bill Urquhart I have not used anything like the Bose headphones, but I do use sound isolating headphones, which are sort of an alternative to noise canceling technology. The particular brand is Shure Sound e3c. The principle they work on is that the buds fit in the ear canal and seal out ambient sounds. They don't rely on technology to cancel out soundwaves, and therefore, don't have the necessity of batteries. This particular model comes with extra buds that are of different sizes so you can swap out which ever ones fit best. I did a bit of research on this and the results I found were that the sound isolating worked better. I guess it's subjective, but these work extremely well for me as I air travel a lot and these work wonders. >> Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? >> If so do you like them or not and do they work well? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > better. I guess it's subjective, but these work extremely well for me > as I air travel a lot and these work wonders. Geo, Thanks for your thoughts on that. Based on your comments I guess I should expand my queries to include the sound isolating headphones. I am guessing they take up much less room as well. Bill Wouldn't wearing this these type of heading phones be bad? I've tried Bose before I had T and they were cool, but I could imagine now that if I wore them, the sound of the outside would be blocked out and I'd be left just with that dang annoying and ever growing ringing sound I have. If my knne jerk reaction is right then I don't think I could think of anything worse. It's said that you notice T more at night when you go to bed because everything is quiet (I also think because of fatigue) so I don't see how wearing these kinds of earphones could be therapeutic in any way? If I have it all wrong I'd be glad to hear it though. :-) On 1/26/06 7:42 PM, in article 1138333342.020124.248680@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, "Wayne" <wayne_hartell@hotmail.com> wrote: > Wouldn't wearing this these type of heading phones be bad? I've tried > Bose before I had T and they were cool, but I could imagine now that if [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > therapeutic in any way? If I have it all wrong I'd be glad to hear it > though. :-) I agree. For T it is better to have music in the background or ragular ambient noise. But for those who have hearing loss, some type of ear plugs when you are using electric saws, etc are needed. Ideal ones are custom made - they are sold at hearing aid dealers for about 25 dollars. Or go cheap - vaseline on cotton. Murray Grossan, m.D. Www.EarAid.info > Wouldn't wearing this these type of heading phones be bad? I've tried > Bose before I had T and they were cool, but I could imagine now that if [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > therapeutic in any way? If I have it all wrong I'd be glad to hear it > though. :-) I've read a few reports on this and there happened to be something on the nightly news a couple of weeks ago. With all the people buyin ipods this is becoming a real concern. The problem is that the headphones that come with ipods and the like are not that good. Terrible, in fact. Since they don't isolate the sound people need to turn them up to a higher volume. Hence, hearing damage. The incidences of hearing damage with regular over the ear headphone is less, but as I understand it that is because the phones themselves as as a noice barrier so the user doesn't need to turn them up as much. With sound isolatin the ambient noice is practically reduced to zero so you don't need to crank the volume. Most of what I have read addressed volume levels as opposed to stuffing something in the ear canal. > >> Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? > >> If so do you like them or not and do they work well? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > should expand my queries to include the sound isolating headphones. I am > guessing they take up much less room as well. Yes, a lot less room, although some of the new noise canceling headsets are getting more compact. I think they are worth checking out. They are still expensive, but another option nonetheless. I got mine at best buy. > Bill >>>Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? I use them a lot; primarily to reduce chronic sound. On developig tinnitus in 1982, I soon found that long exposure to noise (driving long distances, noisy factory, the tinnitus swells to be worse for a few hours afterwards. I built my own ANC headphones, insatlling the speaker-circuits into a conventional niose reducing earmuffs. Works like a charm. I then added a tad of environmental sound via asmall microphone-mplifier passing just a bit of speech frequencies. This allows hearing any warning signals and talking just fine. I now carry them in my car use use them on trips more than 50 miles. >>>What brands? Make my own from parts. > Thanks for your thoughts on that. Based on your comments I guess I > should expand my queries to include the sound isolating headphones. I am > guessing they take up much less room as well. The chief value (for me) is that continuous loud noise (even a noisy restaurant) will crank up my tinnitus. So I get out of those places ASAP. Where I am obliged to remain exposed to steady sound over 80 dBA for more tahn 1/2 hour, I use sound reducing earmuffs and especially ANC headsets. Angelo Campanella. If you fly or ride in a noisy vehicle a lot, headphones may protect you against further damage. I really like my Bose noise cancelling headphones, particularly for long airplane rides, when earplugs can get uncomfortable. If you fly KLM, they'll provide noise cancellation headphones for the flight; that's what sold me. When I switch them off inflight, it's amazing how noisy airplanes are, especially the low frequencies. I've got about 500 hours use over 14 months time on my Bose and they've held up great; (that's about 50 cents per hour, cheap protection). When the battery gets low, there is a faint crackling sound that disappears with new batteries. > Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones? > If so do you like them or not and do they work well? > What brands? > I have a friend who paid big bucks for Bose and has had nothing but > trouble with them from the start. > Thanks in advance for any thoughts you would like to share on the subject.
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