Search results for query: noise cancelling

Yes, I emailed Opus, and this was the response from an employee there:

I'd like to try noise-cancelling headphones but always been worried about them setting off whilst I am wearing them with a beep or voice - or a 'battery low' message etc... Do you get this with noise-cancelling headphones? I am planning a flight next month for the first time.

Hyperacusis went away after 2 weeks of zero hours of noise cancelling headphones use. Looks like overprotection was an issue? Hmm. Okay...

Hi, A brief backstory: no matter what I eat, my tinnitus does not spike. Even relatively loud noises usually do not affect it. Yesterday, my sister had a shouting rant. She was extremely loud and mean, and I was only a few meters away from her. I would guess it was over 100 decibels. I tried...

Thanks for the eye-opening post. I think you are absolutely right. I was talking kind of loudly and moving around a lot while wearing those earplugs. I thought it would be better to wear earplugs than be exposed to loud music. I didn’t take my noise-cancelling headphones with me because I...

I believe mine started when I accidentally blasted myself with music while wearing noise-cancelling headphones. It took a few days for the symptoms to really come into effect. Prior to that accident, I had already had tinnitus for about eight years but had grown accustomed to it.

Currently at cruising altitude on a 737-900. Attached is a screenshot of the NIOSH iOS app using a Dayton Audio iMM-6 reference microphone. It measured about 89 dBA during takeoff. It is incredibly loud. I am wearing foam Hearos (32 NRR). Peltor X5A earmuffs do not perform any better than Bose...

Hello Everyone, I was curious if I could get some advice regarding headphones. (I read some of the other notes here, but wanted to post regarding more so to my situation) Long story short, I will shortly be returning to continuing my studies here in Vancouver. This will require me to transit...

Have any of you tried wearing electronic earmuffs designed for people who shoot guns? If so, how do they differ from regular noise-cancelling earmuffs? Are they basically the same and just marketed toward different types of customers, or are they significantly different in quality and intended...

I see. Are noise-cancelling headphones better at protecting from the noise of the plane than earmuffs are?

I’m almost a year into my tinnitus experience and still have not habituated. I continue to struggle with sleep, which remains the most difficult symptom I deal with. Getting good sleep is at the top of my list of needs. I do take medication to help with that. Most nights, I take 1 mg of...

So, I have to wean myself off of earplugs because I think they are causing vasospasm in my ears (scary, I know). But for the same reason, I cannot get exposed to loud noises of any sort. This includes driving, walking around traffic, etc. So I still require some form of hearing protection...

Would noise-cancelling headphones be useful? I use them for flying and they are very helpful. Unfortunately, while they are excellent for cancelling background noise, other sounds can be heard but the headphones do mute those sounds to a degree. I would consider getting a pair with Bluetooth and...

He does not have regular tinnitus. He has something similar to what I have, and it is brutal. He is going to need a lot of support, especially from others who are severely affected. Do you have weird tones like this too? I am going absolutely insane. I wear earplugs all the time and I am...

Hello all, I hope all of you are doing well. Since I am fairly new to tinnitus, I guess this will be the first question I will ask. I was wondering about your thoughts on noise-canceling headphones and whether or not they can help tinnitus and prevent hearing loss? Although my tinnitus...

Hey... I lurk here from time to time but decided to create an account because I'm losing my mind. I need to talk with someone who's had a similar experience, if possible. I've had moderate tinnitus in both ears for a little over 5 years I'd say — or anyway, that's when I became fully aware of...

Let your son know that extremely severe tinnitus after acoustic trauma is often temporary, and it usually improves over the course of months or years. Habituation also tends to develop over time, making everything more manageable. In the meantime, tell him not to panic. Encourage him to stay...

...cortical area that is negatively correlated with tinnitus awareness percentage, and then the area may be regarded as the core of the noise cancelling system that is defective in patients with tinnitus. Methods and Findings Using resting-state cortical oscillation, we investigated 80 tinnitus...

Hi, how do you feel about using ANC headphones during dental work? Do they help you? Do they lower the loudness of the dental work a bit? How about the occlusion effect, do they cause it? I need to take off glue from my teeth and the only way is through drilling or polishing it out. We can't do...

Maybe try noise-cancelling headphones instead? My earplugs make that sound, too, so I pull on one side, then the other very gradually. My ENT said that wearing earplugs doesn't make your tinnitus worse.

Perhaps it's the noise-cancelling headphones causing the worsenings? They produce artificial sound which causes some people's tinnitus to get worse.

Hi, I have read a few reports of people thinking their tinnitus was worse after wearing an active noise reduction headset. Some believe that some ANR headsets don’t have as much passive protection and the ANR has limits as far as what frequencies, especially higher ones, can be eliminated...

Hi all, I’m a big lover of music and although I’ve recently began experiencing tinnitus, I am now convinced that in order to listen to any music safely I will need to do so at safe volumes with noise cancellation. Question: I’m thinking of investing in the Sennheiser Momentum 3 headphones...

Thank you! I'm thinking of only wearing noise-canceling headphones at night because my bedroom faces the road. I'll probably wear the foam earplugs under the headphones as well. Is there a specific make and model you would recommend?

I will share my experience and the research I have done regarding this subject, hopefully this will shed some light and help some people understand these valuable resources. While I will not and cannot comment to replace any medical or individual advice, I will point out what’s worked for me...

All the ones I’ve seen only protect against sounds greater than ~80 dBA.

I forget my T for most of the day until I put on my noise cancelling headphones. Then it sounds like laser beams are crossing each other.

How do you equalise pressure with foam earplugs during take off and landing?

Noise Cancelling vs. Noise Isolating: Which Is Better?

Hi, I have a couple questions about flying that I hope you experts can help. I stopped flying after I got tinnitus and hyperacusis. I would say mine is pretty bad at times. However, I am stuck in an awful place and must make a 12 hours flight to reach a place that I should have never left. My...

I used the term noise-cancelling headphones very loosely. They are noise-cancelling headphones, but I never have them switched on. They provide a small amount of protection when I am out but it seems to help and prevents me needing to wear earplugs (which seems to cause other issues in me). I...

Yeah, it did with mine after one day.

Noise-cancelling headphones are generally quite good at blocking out low-frequency noise such as road noise, engines etc, but less good at high frequencies. I've tried Bose noise-cancelling headphones for car rides and they were good at blocking out low frequencies but the noise-cancelling...

I just flew from Amsterdam to Bangkok, about 12 hours. When going to the bathroom, I used earmuffs and foam earplugs. They did hurt, but they were all I had, and they worked. I popped Valium for the occasion, which provided sleep and eased my flying discomfort. I watched Dune with subtitles...

Can anyone else relate to the persistent feeling of being a bad friend because so much to do with social events etc depends on how loud it will be? I have fairly mild tinnitus and suffered a bout of hyperacusis last year, however, both have died down to a manageable level and I want to keep it...

Been using for many years at night to block out noises from environment. Can this make T worse? Very very low volume. Wondering if the technology in the headphones can cause and damage? They are Bose and you must turn them on to work. Anyone have any info? Thanks.

If I understand correctly, there's no way to prevent the bone conduction noise. I was told that the drill used for implants is a lower RPM than the one used for drilling and is less noisy. Is this true? Apparently, it's only 1K RPM vs. 300K RPM for the normal drills. That's a massive...

I wonder if wearing foam earplugs and dealing with the occlusion from bone conduction would be safer than exposing your ears to the drill's ultrasonic frequencies. I've read that drills are designed to cause as little vibration as possible. I also wonder if noise-cancelling headphones would be...

Fail #1. Fail #2. Fail #3. Sorry for being pessimistic, but all this was said over a decade ago when I first got tinnitus... Do not vacuum, PERIOD, even with hearing protection. Even so, noise "cancelling" is deceptive, you can't cancel noise, it isn't a math equation. Just because you...

I wanted to ask something (: Do you own a pair of noise cancelling headphones?

I got severe hearing damage whilst wearing noise-cancelling headphones, due to acoustic feedback from a PA system. I later learned that noise-cancelling headphones are great at damping down low frequency sounds like engine noise, but they don't handle high frequencies so well and could even make...

The short answer is that your chart does not suggest an origin. Only you would know what scenarios you have experienced that could have caused more hearing damage on your right side. It could have been firing a rifle, with one ear closer to the stock. It could have been driving a truck with the...

Would never use earplugs myself either on the flight, and no fear of occlusion with my noise cancelling headphones - just use my work ones (Jabra Evolve 75) which are "open" rather than cupped. The noise cancelling are really good on them - don't block everything out but makes the cabin noise a...

Hi, this is my protocol: 1. If noise exposure is over 120 dB, or if it has caused significant pain, muffled hearing, or much louder or new-onset tinnitus, contact your ENT or doctor. In some cases, it may be best to go to the ER or urgent care to discuss the use of steroids. Peer-reviewed...

The idea is that they protect from impulse sounds, but yet you can still have a normal conversation when the gunshots are not going off, since they have the ability to amplify quieter sounds. They are very different to your normal Peltor X5As.

Wearing noise-cancelling headphones caused my tinnitus to spike. They were extremely expensive and I only lost $100 on their sale.

Hard to tell but mine started when I was on tour and wore noise-cancelling headphones or earplugs inbetween every show - so it was either the shows (I played fully plugged) or the constant protection that sent things over the edge for me.

I don't think we're talking about the same thing. I am not talking about noise masking using white noise but noise cancelling. "The technology, known as active noise-cancellation (ANC), works by using microphones to pick up low-frequency noise and neutralise it before it reaches the ear. The...

...as well to have protection against impulse noise for which noise-cancelling headphones are subpar because of the delay of the active noise cancelling). But if you have to use earplugs anyway, noise-cancelling headphones maybe are not what you're looking for. Noise-cancelling headphones with...

Hearing cell damage is cumulative over time with exposure to noise. Each episode of tinnitus you have had is an indicator of excessive exposure to noise and hearing cell damage. Every recurrent episode of tinnitus indicates a further increase in hearing cell damage. Tinnitus from excessive...

I am posting on behalf of my son, Kevin. He developed tinnitus ten years ago after firing a gun without ear protection. He eventually habituated. In September, he attended an outdoor concert with what he believed was sufficient ear protection. However, the exposure caused a tinnitus flare, and...

When tinnitus becomes severe, it can be a very cruel and demanding condition that few people, even those who "have tinnitus," can understand. You're doing the best you can. You have to keep living your life.

I’m so sorry to hear about your son, Linda. This is a truly cruel condition that takes so much. Is he currently taking any medication to cope with it? Some medications are known to make it worse, which can be a difficult balance to manage given how distressing tinnitus can be. There are a...

Yeah ok, it would be the music that is affecting you, not the noise cancelling IMO. So it can still be used to reduce noise only.