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Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) by Ekaros on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:40PM (#26126645)
I too feel it. Then again it might make sense that even if we don't hear it, the pressure is still there. As conservation of energy. After all active noise cancelling is destructive interference. Which has funny meaning that the energy is actually doubled. As we produce noise of equal power but opposite phase. Now does the energy end up in your ear or the headphone or outside? Or is it divided between these.
Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) by Baeocystin on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:48PM (#26126742)
The energy is dissipated as heat in the speaker coils. Energy is removed from the air. Think of it as using brakes to slow down a car. Yes, energy is consumed to do so (that's why the rotors get hot), but the car doesn't have 'hidden' energy, just because it was both accelerated, then decelerated. It really is at rest. The energy it embodied while in motion has been converted into other forms.