Are Headphones with Bone Conduction Good for Your Ears?

 In daily life, the sound of teeth colliding can be clearly heard by us, but people around us cannot hear it. This is probably the nearest case of bone conduction technology around us. When you collide your teeth, you may hardly imagine that this sound transmission method will be applied by talented engineers to create the latest popular product-bone conduction earphones.

what are headphones with bone conduction?

Bone conduction headphone is a type of headphone using bone conduction technology. Its biggest feature is that it uses bone conduction to transmit sound, uses human bones as the medium for transmitting sound, and directly transmits sound to the auditory nerve to form hearing.

This distinctive technical feature has also revolutionized the way it is worn. The wearing method of bone conduction earphones has changed from traditional in-ear wearing to hanging ear wearing. When wearing it, you only need to hang the earphone on the auricle and put the vibration unit close to the temple, and the whole ear is completely open. The change in the way of sound transmission and wearing has made headphones with bone conduction another type of earphone, which is a huge upgrade compared to traditional earphones. Many ear doctors also highly recommend them, because they are better and healthier for ears.

Are headphones with bone conduction good for your ears?

Headphones with bone conduction are good for the ears, they cause less damage to the ears and are the healthiest kind of headphones.

1. Does not harm the ear canal

headphones with bone conduction do not need to be plugged into the ear canal when wearing them, so the damage to the ears caused by wearing headphones will not happen.

2. No damage to the eardrum

headphones with bone conduction do not need to use the ear canal and eardrum to transmit sound, so the eardrum will not be damaged.

3. Does not harm the cochlea

The vibration waves of headphones with bone conduction are relatively gentle and stable, and will not damage the cochlea.

4. Does not harm the auditory nerve

The electromagnetic waves of headphones with bone conduction are weak, which is close to the intensity of electromagnetic waves in nature, so they will not damage the auditory nerve.

Special attention should be paid to the fact that if any headphone is used at high volume for a long time, it will cause damage to the ears, and the same goes for headphones with bone conduction. Therefore, pay attention to volume control when using headphones with bone conduction, and it is recommended that the volume not exceed 60%. At the same time, every 2–3 hours of use, you should rest for 10–15 minutes.

In addition to the advantage of being good for the ears, headphones with bone conduction have many advantages, such as

1.They are safer

They do not need to be inserted into the ear canal when worn. While listening to music, you can still pay attention to the surrounding sound. When exercising outdoors, wearing with headphones with bone conduction, you can also hear the sound behind you, so as to avoid some dangerous situations.

2. They are more hygienic:

headphones with bone conduction do not need to be worn in the ear, even if they are worn for a long time, they can keep the ear canal clean and hygienic, avoiding the growth of bacteria caused by blocking the ear canal, which can cause otitis media, otitis media and other diseases;

3. They are more comfortable:

headphones with bone conduction are very light, and there is no sense of weight when worn, and the surface of many headphones with bone conduction is made of skin-friendly soft materials, which is very comfortable to wear.

Headphones with bone conduction that are good for the ears are also safer, more hygienic, and more comfortable headphones. These advantages are determined by their working principles.

What is the working principle of headphones with bone conduction?

Before understanding the working principles of headphones with bone conduction, we need to review our middle school physics to understand the three mediums for sound transmit: air, solids, and liquids. Air conduction is what we know most about, such as ordinary conversation is the case that sound transmit through air. When your place ear to the railway, and when a train comes in the distance, you can hear the sound, which is the case of sound transmission by solid. When we dive, we can hear the sound of the engine of a ship in the distance, which is the case of sound transmission by liquid.

Headphones with bone conduction are a device that transmits sound through solid (bone) conduction. It transmits sound by vibrating your skull. This is unlike the air conduction of traditional wired and wireless headphones. headphones with bone conduction do not transmit sound through the eardrum, so even if the volume is slightly louder, it will not easily damage the eardrum.

We can compare the sound transmission paths of bone conduction and air conduction

Bone conduction pathways: sound waves, skull, bone labyrinth, inner ear lymph, spiral organ, auditory nerve, auditory center of the cerebral cortex

Air conduction pathways: sound waves, auricle, external auditory canal, periosteum, ossicles, vestibular window, internal and external lymph, spiral organ, auditory nerve, cerebral cortex auditory center

We can see that bone conduction has a shorter sound transmission path than air conduction, and that it takes a shortcut. And this shortcut helps headphones with bone conduction not to be stuffed into the ear or wrapped around the ear. So the headphones will not cover the ear canals and have no damage to the eardrums, and the damage to the auditory nerve is relatively low.

It can be said that headphones with bone conduction are good for using, and the following i will recommends several good headphones to everyone.

1. wissonly Hi Runner headphones with bone conduction

Reason for recommendation:

Wissonly’s core team is a team engaged in the research and development of bone conduction products earlier. They have accumulated 10 years’ technology in this field. They have adopted the best acoustic laboratory in the Eastern Hemisphere for sound adjustment. Wissonly Hi Runner has good technical solutions to the problems of sound leakage, sound quality and waterproof of pseudo-headphones with bone conduction.

Wissonly bone conduction vibrator adopts a unique full-wrapped design, which makes the vibrator work in a closed environment, reducing the impact on the shell, thus reducing the vibration of the shell and finally reducing the sound leakage by 90%.

Wissonly uses a large-size bone conduction vibrator, and the effective vibration area of the vibrator is increased by 35% through structural optimization. At the same time, the sound transmission direction is optimized, the sound loss is reduced, and the sound is more concentrated.

Wissonly Hi Runner adopts integrated molding technology, with no holes in the headphones’ body and it is no splicing, which realizes IPX8 waterproof, and can be used for swimming and bathing. Even in the depth of 20 meters, diving is no problem.

It also has 32G of built-in memory, which can store 5000 songs. You can use it as amp3 player when you don’t have a mobile phone.

In a word, Wissonly Hi Runner is a product with powerful functions, stable technology and high cost performance.

2.Philips A6606 headphones with bone conduction

Reason for recommendation:

The Philips A6606 that weighs 35g is light and compact in the palm of the hand. With the skin-friendly material on the surface of the body, there is no pressure to wear on the pinna. It is equipped with LED night running lights on both sides of the rear end of the body. It can be worn in night walking and low visibility scenes and illuminate the road behind, so that the people around can perceive your own position and respond in time in the face of emergency situations. The safety factor for outdoor wearing is relatively high. It also supports IP67-rated water resistance and can support 9 hours of continuous music playback time, which is also good overall.

3.AfterShokz OPENRUN PRO headphones with bone conduction

Reason for recommendation:

Openrun PRO also pays great attention to comfort in wearing, and its body is made of skin-friendly silicone which makes it more comfortable, and it can be better enjoyed. In order to reduce the weight, titanium alloy is selected in its connection material, which is not easy to bend and deform, ensuring the service life. The headphones with bone conduction are also equipped with Qualcomm QCC3024 chip and Bluetooth 5.0, and have stable connection and no disconnection in daily use.

4. Earsopen SS900 headphones with bone conduction

Reason for recommendation:

Earsopen SS900 is different from other headphones with bone conduction in that its appearance is a unique “T”-shaped structure, which can be clipped on the ear. It has high waterproof performance, its IPX7 waterproof grade can be fully qualified for wearing in any scene except swimming, and there is no problem if it is soaked in water for a short time. The battery life is 8 hours, and it is also equipped with a fast charging mode, which can achieve the effect of charging for ten minutes and listening to songs for two hours.

5.Nank Runner CC3 headphones with bone conduction

Reason for recommendation:

Runner CC2 headphones with bone conduction have a certain improvement compared with the previous products in terms of leakage prevention and sound quality. Waterproof feature has also been improved, and IPX6 waterproof is supported. Generally, there is no problem with rain and sweat, but it can’t be used in swimming. The battery life is 6 hours, which is basically enough.

It should be noted that among the five products, Wissonly and Philips are my favorites. Philips is a big brand, and its cost performance will be a little poor. I have used Wissonly for a long time. It works very well. The key is that it is very cost-effective and worth buying.