Don't listen to music/audio much with headphones anymore because my inner ears started to hurt from it. But I do use construction ear muffs often to drown out n

Don't listen to music/audio much with headphones anymore because my inner ears started to hurt from it. But I do use construction ear muffs often to drown out noise - they're quite effective and are basically the same thing OP is asking about (not listening music). The ear protection is much cheaper