Active noise cancelling earphones. It's actually not a gimmick at all and perfectly safe and healthy. Passive earphones that have strong isolation like the Ety

Active noise cancelling earphones. It's actually not a gimmick at all and perfectly safe and healthy. Passive earphones that have strong isolation like the Etymotics are just not comfortable for me and the isolation doesn't work as well with bass which can be incredibly irritating in some situations. I'm just annoyed at the disposable aspect of the object. Theses rarely last longer than a couple of years from what I understood.