Flying: Use noise cancellation headphones
Flying can be noisy. The constant hum of engines, passenger chatter, and announcements can make it hard to relax or focus.
While taking off, the noise can go up to 140 db. Even during the flight, the noise can range from 70 to 95 db. Let us understand what these levels mean.
Noise above 70 db for a sustained period can begin to damage the ears. Imagine being on a seventeen hour flight.
So what can you do?
Noise-canceling headphones help. They use active noise cancellation (ANC). Tiny microphones pick up external sounds. The headphones then create opposite sound waves. This cancels out the noise before it reaches your ears.
Why does this matter?
Constant noise affects your body. Studies show that prolonged exposure to loud sounds increases stress hormones like cortisol.
High cortisol levels lead to anxiety, fatigue, and even high blood pressure. Your brain works hard to block unwanted noise.
This drains your mental energy. That’s why you feel exhausted after a long flight. Noise-canceling headphones reduce this strain. Your brain relaxes. You feel less tired.
They also improve sleep quality.
The low hum of an airplane is low-frequency noise. Your ears never adjust to it. Noise cancellation headphones block these frequencies. This lets you sleep deeper and longer.
Many people travel for work. Research from Harvard Medical School shows that background noise reduces concentration and memory. With noise-canceling headphones, you hear only what matters. Music, audiobooks, or just silence.
Let us not forget that airplane cabins are pressurized. Pressurization affects the passage between your nose and ear. Loud noise makes them work harder.
This can lead to ear pain and hearing fatigue. Noise cancellation reduces this strain.
So if you fly often or long distance consider investing in noise-canceling headphones
Next time you fly, put them on. You’ll feel the difference.
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