Protecting your hearing in and around noisy environments is very important…listening to your favorite tunes while riding is also important. Listening to music through normal earbuds or headphones consistently in loud environments will eventually lead to hearing loss. The ideal range of dB our hearing can handle is around 0-80dB. The average wind noise while riding a motorcycle is around 90-110dB depending on speed, helmet quality etc. Lets get the best of both worlds by protecting our hearing and listening to tunes by using earplug earbud headphones with Bluetooth for the convenience.

Noise canceling vs noise reduction 

When looking for earbuds that help protect your hearing, look for the NNR (Noise Reduction Rating). NNR will reduce the dB level of noise entering your ears, while noise canceling may limit the sounds entering your ears for better music quality but will not protect your hearing. Products rated with NNR will tell you the dB reduction their products offer. Most of these products will reduce the dB by around 25-30dB, perfect for most consistently loud environments. 

Sound quality and loudness

Combining earbuds for noise protection with earphones for music/phone calls is such an awesome innovative design. There are a few main issues that people encounter when using this new innovative technology:

• Getting the perfect seal for noise protection

To block out noise/reduce the dB levels to the products description, a good seal within your ear canal is required

• Loudness of music

Because this product is blocking external sounds and playing sounds into your ear at the same time, the volume is capped at a certain level to help protect your ears. This can lead to some complaints that the volume isn’t loud enough in certain environments. 

Different ear sizes

Everybody’s ears are different. This makes creating the perfect product to suit everyone quite difficult. The best we can do is read the reviews to help us make a decision, they try them out for ourselves. Look for products that have different sized tips to give you variety when fitting to your ear canal.