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You’re exactly right — on both counts. <> I use active noise-cancelling earplugs on airplane trips. They cut way back on the engine roar, and actually make it easier to converse with your seat-mate. They also allow you to listen to music or movie audio, with much, much less volume (because the audio isn’t competing with as much engine noise). <> I have two types — over-the-ear headphones (like Jr. is wearing), and earbuds. While the headphones are somewhat better, I take the earbuds on trips, because they’re much more compact. <> Some people (and manufacturers) label any earphone that cuts sound “noise-cancelling”. They are only “noise-cancelling” if they are “active” (i.e. have the extra microphone, and electronic circuity to cancel noise). If they don’t have the special electronics, they are “passive” devices — properly called “noise dampening” (or some such — but not noise-cancelling). Passive over-the-ear headphones, with a high enough decibel rating for noise dampening, would do what the cartoon suggests. Active: reduces noise. Passive: reduces all sounds (including your mother’s voice).
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exoticdoc2 said, 4 months ago
Yeah, it’s all those AROUND kids that need them.
saxie5 said, 4 months ago
Just tell him you got an allowance cancelling wallet then.
Monkeyhead said, 4 months ago
@saxie5
I love how you think!
david_42 said, 4 months ago
1. Learn Morse code
2. Teach the kid Morse code.
3. Flip the power breaker for his room on and off to get through.
cabalonrye said, 4 months ago
Junior will discover that it also cancels out calls like dinner time. I hope the fridge is locked down tight.
whmIII said, 4 months ago
Take away his door…
daj024 said, 4 months ago
ah, it lets the frequency the the human voice operates in past the canceling circuitry. Of course this ruins the joke!
tundrasea
said, 4 months ago
@daj024
You’re exactly right — on both counts.
<>
I use active noise-cancelling earplugs on airplane trips. They cut way back on the engine roar, and actually make it easier to converse with your seat-mate. They also allow you to listen to music or movie audio, with much, much less volume (because the audio isn’t competing with as much engine noise).
<>
I have two types — over-the-ear headphones (like Jr. is wearing), and earbuds. While the headphones are somewhat better, I take the earbuds on trips, because they’re much more compact.
<>
Some people (and manufacturers) label any earphone that cuts sound “noise-cancelling”. They are only “noise-cancelling” if they are “active” (i.e. have the extra microphone, and electronic circuity to cancel noise). If they don’t have the special electronics, they are “passive” devices — properly called “noise dampening” (or some such — but not noise-cancelling). Passive over-the-ear headphones, with a high enough decibel rating for noise dampening, would do what the cartoon suggests. Active: reduces noise. Passive: reduces all sounds (including your mother’s voice).