Noise cancelling headphones

John_Gray

teddysmum wrote: »

They do cut out quite a bit of sound, as when my husband uses ours,he claims not to have heard what I said to him.:p

Clearly they are priceless! :rotfl:

janeken

Thank you so much for all the suggestions, I have made a note of all the suggestions and will do some follow up research. She has tried ear plugs but says they just fall out.

The students in question seem oblivious to any kind of intervention. They and the students in the flat next door party every night and have been fined for breaking open the door between the two flats. She is just unlucky I suppose.

googler

Backbiter wrote: »

Is this a serious option?

(B&Q or Screwfix Ear Defenders)

My 82 year old dad has a ride on mower and loves to listen to the radio while mowing, but says he can hardly hear it above the noise of the mower. He uses ear bud headphones at the moment.
These ear defenders (the Stanley ones have great reviews) would make a good Christmas present!

Yes. I use them all the time when mowing my lawn or using the leaf blower.

I use them on the train.

Someone I used to work with used the same on their bus commute.

googler

janeken wrote: »

She has tried ear plugs but says they just fall out.

I refer you again to post #5

Backbiter

googler wrote: »

Yes. I use them all the time when mowing my lawn or using the leaf blower.

I use them on the train.

Someone I used to work with used the same on their bus commute.

That's helpful. Prezzie sorted!

janeken

Thanks again everybody for your useful suggestions.

Mr_Toad

Noise cancelling headphones can be great but there are limitations as to how good.

They work well on planes because the 'noise' in question, normally the engines is fairly constant and in a specific and fairly narrow frequency range.

For the sort of noise you're describing they would be no better than any other sort of headphones simply because the noise is not constant, it's constantly changing.

These headphones work by picking up the external noise and generating a noise cancelling sound wave that is the opposite of the noise itself.

What they not good at is reacting to constant changes in the noise. By the time they have detected a change the noise itself has changed again and they can't keep up. Even if they could keep up they have a limited frequency range of noises they can generate, as paddyrg has already stated, so can't generate the correct cancelling frequencies.

I used to fly a lot on business and have a pair of excellent, and expensive, Sennheiser over ear headphones. They are fantastic on a plane and little use for any noise that variable.

I ride a motorbike and have done for decades, as I value my hearing I never ride without ear plugs/defenders. I use 3M SNR 39 ear plugs. The 39 refers to the attenuation, the amount of noise the cut out. Other values are available.

http://solutions.3m.co.uk/wps/portal/3M/en_GB/PPE_SafetySolutions_EU/Safety/Products/Product-Catalog-PoW/?PC_Z7_U00M8B1A0OP590IB369UJT2UU4000000_nid=29QBL8162SbeN8MT32R3VMgl

https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-M-es01020-Earsoft-Bag-Pack-200/dp/B00374LCFS

Another solution might be a pair of custom made ear plugs that fit exactly. They can be expensive but are truly excellent.

However, these days you can get DIY kits that a lot of people say as as good, if not always as pretty.

http://www.hertz-earplugs.co.uk/