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>I can't wear headphones. I literally, physically, can't wear headphones for more than 10~15 minutes, it starts hurting like somebody's driving nails through my

>I can't wear headphones. I literally, physically, can't wear headphones for more than 10~15 minutes, it starts hurting like somebody's driving nails through my eardrums. Now what? See a doctor? That's definitely not normal.

masklinn 11y ago
> That's definitely not normal. You think? Sadly having fucked up middle ears isn't exactly fixable, it's something I can only make do with, so that didn't answer the question: how do you[0] handle employees who can't wear headphones when your[0] solution to noise issues is "just wear headphones"? [0] this is a generic "you", I know the specific you is not the one who originally made this assertion.
- deanCommie 11y ago
  Large over-ear headphones exert NO pressure on any part of the ear. They are basically inverted cups that go over and around your ear and insulate. Are you saying those don't work for you? Unless you're talking about the volume of music making your ears hurt in which case guess what - I didn't say anything about listening to anything on those headphones. Just having them on provides enough insulation that you don't need to pipe in any additional sound
  - masklinn 11y ago
    > Large over-ear headphones exert NO pressure on any part of the ear. They are basically inverted cups that go over and around your ear and insulate. You don't say. > Are you saying those don't work for you? Yes, it's not a question of pressure on the external ear or I'd have said "my ears are too large" and wouldn't have mentioned the middle ear. > Unless you're talking about the volume of music making your ears hurt No, it's not a question of volume. > I didn't say anything about listening to anything on those headphones. Neither did I, though > Just having them on provides enough insulation that you don't need to pipe in any additional sound Hardly, even with high-quality closed 'phones.
    - deanCommie 11y ago
      So then what are you saying? Wearing comfortable large headphones with quiet ambient noise and active noise cancellation causes you pain in your inner ear?
      - masklinn 11y ago
        Middle ear, and no active noise cancellation is even needed.
- Symbiote 11y ago
  > [0] this is a generic "you", I know the specific you is not the one who originally made this assertion. In case you're not a native speaker, the pronoun one uses in English is "one".
- Anderkent 11y ago
  You possibly just accept the 0.05% of your employees who cannot wear headphones are going to work somewhere else / be less performant. Aside: I still don't quite get what exactly about the headphones is causing you pain? If you have them on, without playing anything, is that painful? (in which case maybe lighter ones that exert no pressure on the skull could help?) Is it the volume? Is there some weird property of sound produced by the headphones that is not present in general noise, that causes the pain? (please don't take this as me disbelieving you, I'm just curious)

masklinn 11y ago

> That's definitely not normal. You think? Sadly having fucked up middle ears isn't exactly fixable, it's something I can only make do with, so that didn't answer the question: how do you[0] handle employees who can't wear headphones when your[0] solution to noise issues is "just wear headphones"? [0] this is a generic "you", I know the specific you is not the one who originally made this assertion.

deanCommie 11y ago
Large over-ear headphones exert NO pressure on any part of the ear. They are basically inverted cups that go over and around your ear and insulate. Are you saying those don't work for you? Unless you're talking about the volume of music making your ears hurt in which case guess what - I didn't say anything about listening to anything on those headphones. Just having them on provides enough insulation that you don't need to pipe in any additional sound
- masklinn 11y ago
  > Large over-ear headphones exert NO pressure on any part of the ear. They are basically inverted cups that go over and around your ear and insulate. You don't say. > Are you saying those don't work for you? Yes, it's not a question of pressure on the external ear or I'd have said "my ears are too large" and wouldn't have mentioned the middle ear. > Unless you're talking about the volume of music making your ears hurt No, it's not a question of volume. > I didn't say anything about listening to anything on those headphones. Neither did I, though > Just having them on provides enough insulation that you don't need to pipe in any additional sound Hardly, even with high-quality closed 'phones.
  - deanCommie 11y ago
    So then what are you saying? Wearing comfortable large headphones with quiet ambient noise and active noise cancellation causes you pain in your inner ear?
    - masklinn 11y ago
      Middle ear, and no active noise cancellation is even needed.
Symbiote 11y ago
> [0] this is a generic "you", I know the specific you is not the one who originally made this assertion. In case you're not a native speaker, the pronoun one uses in English is "one".
Anderkent 11y ago
You possibly just accept the 0.05% of your employees who cannot wear headphones are going to work somewhere else / be less performant. Aside: I still don't quite get what exactly about the headphones is causing you pain? If you have them on, without playing anything, is that painful? (in which case maybe lighter ones that exert no pressure on the skull could help?) Is it the volume? Is there some weird property of sound produced by the headphones that is not present in general noise, that causes the pain? (please don't take this as me disbelieving you, I'm just curious)