It also really does not work for people with ear problems (I am one, I can't wear headphones or earplugs for more than 10mn at a time anymore, it starts hurting like the blazes and I have to remove them for a few hours)
>It also really does not work for people with ear problems
Have you ever worn over-the-ear headphones for 10 hours? It's uncomfortable.
And that's not even the worst part. Drowning out coworker nonsense with loud music is permanently damaging to your hearing. Focusing on writing some crappy Ruby isn't worth sacrificing a sense.
> Have you ever worn over-the-ear headphones for 10 hours? It's uncomfortable.
I can barely wear 'phones for 10 minutes. Because it physically hurts.
I have worn 'phones for hours on end a decade or so ago (my weapons of choice were K271s before my ear issues flared up and made that a non-option). They could get pretty hot around the ears, but they were very comfortable.
> Drowning out coworker nonsense with loud music is permanently damaging to your hearing.
There are cans and buds with good isolation (or noise-cancelling).
I would bet that the highly-blocking in-canal earbuds are actually less damaging than cheap ones that sit on top of your ear. Reason being that without any external noise, you can turn the level down on the music and get the same perceptual loudness.
I know for a fact that when I got some nice etymotic earbuds (-20dB of outside sound), I was able to turn the level down from my average of about 70%, to more like 40-50% on my ipod.
That's my thinking as well, but I'm not a hearing specialist.
It's my understanding that sound pressure is the damaging element we're concerned with, however, does blocking the ear canal with a headphone increase the pressure (, and damage,) as there's nowhere for the frequency to dissipate?
