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Here's my trick to using headphones without injuring my hearing over the long term: Wear earplugs. Put in some good quality shooter's earplugs to block out mo

Here's my trick to using headphones without injuring my hearing over the long term: Wear earplugs. Put in some good quality shooter's earplugs to block out most of the room noise. Then headphones. Turn the headphones to the minimum volume necessary to hear the music. So now you have no background noise, and a nice, low soundtrack to help kick out some work.

mleonhard 14y ago
A more comfortable solution is to get some good noise-cancelling headphones. I have used Bose QC15s for about 3 years and QC3s for several years before that. They are indispensable to me. Audio-Technica makes some less expensive models that block nearly as much noise but are less comfortable to wear. I also hear good things about noise-cancelling earbuds.