| Perhaps not the biggest complaint about air | | | | hard to gauge how noisy an aircraft cabin is |
| travel, but nonetheless background noise is a | | | | by the human ear due to the fact that the |
| common grumble when it comes to sitting in a | | | | brain tends to compensate for ambient noise. |
| plane for several hours at a time. The | | | | But with noise cancelling headphones it |
| deafening hiss of the aircraft and the drone | | | | becomes quite clear how noisy a modern |
| of the massive engines are both enough to | | | | aircraft is. Not only can this ambient noise |
| make you go crazy, but luckily a solution has | | | | pollution lead to hearing loss, the usual |
| finally presented itself, noise cancelling | | | | method of using earplugs to combat the noise, |
| headphones.For years many frequent flyers | | | | can promote ear infections and on a practical |
| have resorted to earplugs for solitude from | | | | level, it does make for a fairly boring |
| noisy flights, but technology has finally | | | | flight just listening to the thoughts in your |
| graduated from the humble foam plug to the | | | | head! |
| electronic noise cancelling headphone. It is | | | | |