how to reduce ear pain from headphones

 

Headphone ear pain is a problem for many people who use headphones for long periods of time. Proper care and maintenance can help to alleviate the issue, as well

as we look at some things that can help reduce ear pain."

Some people are suffering from increased levels of ear pain and in some cases dizziness due to prolonged headphone usage. This article will go through some ways on how to reduce these symptoms by practicing good hearing habits.

Below are tips on how you can prevent this problem, including things such as cleaning your ears thoroughly after using headphones, taking breaks every 20 minutes or so, and never plugging your phone directly into the headphone jack without an adapter.

A first way to reduce ear pain is by cleaning your ears after using headphones for long periods of time.

If you have no cotton swabs, or any other ways to clean your ears, then use a tissue or some toilet paper. The goal here is to remove any wax build-up from inside the ear canal. If wax builds up in the canal it can cause irritation and swelling which will ultimately give you increased pain when using headphones. So you need to prevent this from happening by cleaning out the wax regularly with a cotton swab or another similar product mentioned above.

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A second way to reduce ear pain is by taking regular breaks when using headphones.

For example, take a half hour break after each hour of listening time. This will also help you get better quality sound for longer periods of time. If you have found that you have no problem with any discomfort after taking your normal breaks, then try extending the amount of time between each break. The idea here is to take more frequent and smaller breaks, but be sure not to overdo it or else you will lose focus on what your doing and cause yourself even more trouble in the future with the pain and dizziness. So that is why it is essential to get used to listening to music at length while taking breaks in between, which will help you not lose focus.

A third way to reduce ear pain is by never plugging your headphones directly into the headphone jack of your cell phone, mp3 player or anything similar, without using a 3.5mm audio adapter first.

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This step can be critical, as when you plug your headphones directly into the phone, instead of using an adapter first there are a lot of things that can happen that will cause you even more problems if you do not take this precaution. The reason this happens is because phones and other devices are very small and the 3.5mm headphone jack is located on the smallest size of that device. When you plug your phone into a 3.5mm audio adapter, such as this one, you have changed the size of the area that is being powered by the phone, which means that instead of getting full power you are only receiving a fraction of it and thus not powering your headphones properly.

The flip side to this is when you use a 3.5mm audio adapter to plug your headphones into your phone or anything else, you are giving it full power from the start and not having any problems like with trying to extend that power with a small phone jack.