Headphones or Earbuds?

Otolaryngologists Erich Voigt and Jacqueline Jones debunk 11 myths about the ear and nose.

Headphones or earbuds – does it make any difference to our ears and hearing? According to ENT Jacqueline Jones “…as ear, nose, and throat doctors, we like… over-the-ear earphones. So, these have some real advantages. They’re much more comfortable. They dissipate the sound, so it’s not that concentrated sound down into your ear canal. They’re not going to push that wax down into your ears. So, a much better choice is these over-the-ear earphones.”