Headphones — Should I Stop Using Them?

[Tinniger]

Well, we won't be able to agree on that.

In my opinion, the speakers of a hearing aid are incredibly bad compared to headphones because they have to be so small.

That white noise from a hearing aid should be "better"/"safer" than from headphones is, in my opinion, a wrong idea. The eardrum doesn't know if it is hit by sound waves from a hearing aid or headphones.

All the best, too.

 

[Michael Leigh]

In my opinion, the speakers of a hearing aid are incredibly bad compared to headphones because they have to be so small.

Please read my post again @Tinniger. A hearing aid and white noise generator do not use a speaker/diaphragm like a conventional headphone. In addition to this the sound emits from a tiny hole within a plastic tube. This kind of sound does not generate strong sound waves within the ear canal which can irritate the cochlea in the inner ear, unlike a headphone speaker. I say again, a Hearing aid and White noise generator are completely different from a headphone.

Michael

 

[linearb]

a given db at your eardrum is the same regardless of source.

i own $1500 in headphones, and life in this house wouldn't really work if i couldn't use them for conference calls and the like.

ten years later, no issues.

we're all different, listen to your body

 

[Michael Leigh]

i own $1500 in headphones, and life in this house wouldn't really work if i couldn't use them for conference calls and the like.

You have a high-end pair of headphones @linearb but do you have a high quality source to realise their full potential? I ask for I am a keen Audiophile.

Michael

 

[John Mahan]

a given db at your eardrum is the same regardless of source.

This ^^^^