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In-Ear Headphones on Airplanes

I've used mine on a 5 hour flight both ways and never had a problem. They were actually wonderful because of how much of the plane noise they cut out.
 
Nope, in fact they are better because they allow you to listen at a lower (safer) volume (whether you do is another matter.) My Shure E3's are indespensible on long flights.
 
the only reason why i'd think it may be bad for you is if you have an air cavity in lieu of you brain, the headphones can tighten around your head and crush you

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OK, christ I'm really getting stupid reading anandtech. Where do you people come up with this sh*t. Bloody hell.
 
i have no idea, but i plan on using mine in flight and i know that some ear plugs advertise that they can be used on flights to ease the whole change in pressure issue.
 
I think I remember seeing this on the http://www.head-fi.org forums... and I'm about 90% sure the answer was (I think from an Etymotic rep. Etymotic also makes canal phones) that it was no problem at all. If you're concerned, you can try not putting them on until after you're at cruising altitude. I'm fairly sure you're safe no matter what though. I think someone also mentioned that putting them on reduced any ear popping they might have previously experienced.
 
Originally posted by: DanRydell
If you're concerned, you can try not putting them on until after you're at cruising altitude. I'm fairly sure you're safe no matter what though.
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Ditto. Like any urban legend it sounds believeable.
 
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Nope, in fact they are better because they allow you to listen at a lower (safer) volume (whether you do is another matter.) My Shure E3's are indespensible on long flights.
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What? That doesn't make any sense. SPL is SPL (and some argue that an equivalent SPL from headphones is more damaging to the ear than from speakers since the diaphragm of the headphones are more closely coupled, or some weird stuff like that).
 
Pressure drops as you go higher, even if the cabin adjusted it a bit. This enlarges your eardrums. Perhaps the enlargment forces a protrusion that makes them susceptible to friction with the ear buds.

That or...what was I talking about again?
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Pressure drops as you go higher, even if the cabin adjusted it a bit. This enlarges your eardrums. Perhaps the enlargment forces a protrusion that makes them susceptible to friction with the ear buds.

That or...what was I talking about again?
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The body has its own means of equalizing the difference in air pressure.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Nope, in fact they are better because they allow you to listen at a lower (safer) volume (whether you do is another matter.) My Shure E3's are indespensible on long flights.
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What? That doesn't make any sense. SPL is SPL (and some argue that an equivalent SPL from headphones is more damaging to the ear than from speakers since the diaphragm of the headphones are more closely coupled, or some weird stuff like that).
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put another way, canalphones block out the background noise so that you dont have to crank up your music in order to hear it over the background noise if it werent blocked by the plugs.
 
probably depends on isolation. if you had leaky phones that need to drive massive volume to overwhelm the engine noise for hours at a time i can see how it would be bad
 
I think the issue originally brought up (maybe on head-fi, i forgot, it's been a while), was that canalphones do too good of a job "plugging" up your ear, making it so that equalizing the pressure would be impossible. The guy from Etymotics told everyone not to worry. And after a several hour flight with my Etys on, my eardrums are still intact 😛
 
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