Maybe, if the noise from outside the earbuds is loud enough, and the earbuds are blocking at least some of that. But even if the earbuds block some of the outsi

Maybe, if the noise from outside the earbuds is loud enough, and the earbuds are blocking at least some of that. But even if the earbuds block some of the outside noise, some of it is still going to get through, and that makes hearing the music harder and makes people want to crank up the music volume.