We all know that headphones can be bad for audition if you listen to too strong sounds in the vicinity of their ears. But a BBC report He suggests that a new health scare could be emerging around the noise cancellation feature that is very popular in modern headphones.
The article considers whether the technology could recover the brain of the people who regularly try Sounds and subsequently was diagnosed with audio processing disorder (APD). APD is a neurological condition that affects the ability of the brain to understand the spoken sounds and words.
Five departments of Audiology in the National Health Service of the United Kingdom told the BBC that there has been an increase in the number of young people referring to them with similar problems related to their ability to process sounds. So, the question is: what is interfering with the functioning of the normal brain in such cases?
A theory raised by the article is that noise cancellation technology could be leading the brain to forget how to filter the sounds itself. The patient’s audiologist has also requested more research on the impact of technology.