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Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) by ckemere on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:44PM (#26126686)
This assumes that active noise cancellation doesn't introduce energy in audible parts of the pressure spectrum.
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Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) by stouset on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:35PM (#26127168)
This is no more a risk than normal audio you listen to doing the same.
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Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus (600+ reports since 2019?) by sudosysgen on Saturday February 13, 2021 @05:02PM (#26127394)
Of course not. If your driver is trying to cancel 95dB and creating a harmonic then that harmonic has 100 000 times more energy than the same harmonic when playing at 80dB without noise cancelation.
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