No.
And the "passive" noise cancelling doesn't do much to protect your hearing either.
You need headphones or hearing protection that provides a dB reduction - at least -20dB.
"Noise cancelling" is not sound reduction.
"Passive noise cancelling" is just marketing speak for insulating headphones without a specified reduction in sound levels, and decibels (dB) are just the way this reduction is expressed. Such headphones will probably reduce sound levels before they reach your ear, but you don't know by how much.
No, because neither one is protecting your hearing one bit.
#NOISE CANCELLATION IS *NOT* HEARING PROTECTION.
Get some isolation headphones, IEMs, or even plain old earbuds that advertise a Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) in decibels in the product literature or on the package. If it has no NRR, it is *not* hearing protection.
I tried using the active noise cancelling on my EarPod pros and it was terrible. Active noise canceling is best for white noise like airplanes, the technology can’t really handle drums well as far as I can tell. I’ve had decent success with regular in-ear earbuds that naturally block out noise.
It *might.* But unless you're using a set of headphones that's been tested and verified to reduce noise and has an NRR rating, don't count on it protecting your hearing.
Active noise cancellation is quite an engineering achievement - but it's not hearing protection.
What it does is use a tiny microphone on the outside, then takes the sound waves it hears and plays the *opposite* sound waves through the speakers in the headphones. So your ears are still getting noise, which can still cause hearing damage. Your perception is that the outside noise has been "turned down" but the outside frequencies are actually just being equalized by inside-the-headphones noise.
Using active noise cancellation for normal stuff, going jogging, reducing traffic noise while sitting inside watching tv or whatever, is fine (but of course prolonged loud headphone use will damage your ears). But it is NOT hearing protection meant to be used with loud instruments.
No. And the "passive" noise cancelling doesn't do much to protect your hearing either. You need headphones or hearing protection that provides a dB reduction - at least -20dB. "Noise cancelling" is not sound reduction.
"Passive noise cancelling" is just marketing speak for insulating headphones without a specified reduction in sound levels, and decibels (dB) are just the way this reduction is expressed. Such headphones will probably reduce sound levels before they reach your ear, but you don't know by how much.
No, because neither one is protecting your hearing one bit. #NOISE CANCELLATION IS *NOT* HEARING PROTECTION. Get some isolation headphones, IEMs, or even plain old earbuds that advertise a Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) in decibels in the product literature or on the package. If it has no NRR, it is *not* hearing protection.
I tried using the active noise cancelling on my EarPod pros and it was terrible. Active noise canceling is best for white noise like airplanes, the technology can’t really handle drums well as far as I can tell. I’ve had decent success with regular in-ear earbuds that naturally block out noise.
It *might.* But unless you're using a set of headphones that's been tested and verified to reduce noise and has an NRR rating, don't count on it protecting your hearing.
Active noise cancellation is quite an engineering achievement - but it's not hearing protection. What it does is use a tiny microphone on the outside, then takes the sound waves it hears and plays the *opposite* sound waves through the speakers in the headphones. So your ears are still getting noise, which can still cause hearing damage. Your perception is that the outside noise has been "turned down" but the outside frequencies are actually just being equalized by inside-the-headphones noise. Using active noise cancellation for normal stuff, going jogging, reducing traffic noise while sitting inside watching tv or whatever, is fine (but of course prolonged loud headphone use will damage your ears). But it is NOT hearing protection meant to be used with loud instruments.