Electronic Noise Cancelling Headsets

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derg

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I'm heavily debating purchasing a pair of lightweight electronic noise canceling headsets.

I deal with a lot of strange accents and often find myself cranking up the volume in a single-ear headset, it can't be good for my hearing. It's like calling the consumer division of Dell tech support, but far FAR worse at times.

I can't find the article but it was written by someone claiming to be an audiologist that talked out the benefits of electronic noise reduction but also cautioned that you're still doing damage to your ear because even though you hear less noise, your eardrum is still equally suffering the from the effects of the noise.

Something to the tune of "silently going deaf".

True? No? What's your take, Doc? ;)
 
Say again:laff:

The noise canceling headset is the way to go for professional pilots. ANYTHING you can do to decrease the effects of repetative noise on your ear preserves hearing. If you use good noise canceling headsets, you will be more likely to suffer hearing loss from the music in the bars.
 
Excellent. Now all I've got to do is convince the Mrs. that I need to drop several hundred on some Sennheisers!
 
aloft said:
Tell her it's tax-deductible!

Why Sennheisers? Considered the Bose QC2/IflyMike combo?
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Here ya go!

TSO Headsets
Pilots are reminded that only TSO certified headsets are authorized for use by the FAA in Delta aircraft. A TSO, or Technical Standards Order, is a document the FAA uses to qualify a component attesting it has certain performance, capabilities, or standards. A vendor who qualifies a component to a TSO avoids a portion of certification expense, and identifies that it meets FAA criteria specified in the TSO itself. All components, as a function of TSO compliance, must identify TSO compliance on a permanent label. If a headset does not identify the TSO, it most likely does not comply. Owners need to contact the manufacturer to be certain.
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Don't need time off or a violation from a very bored inspector.
 
Ok, screw the Bose QC2 thing, that new Sennheiser has both MP3 player AND cell phone inputs!
 
Kristie will buy it - after all, it is a prescription for your health!! You should have it Friday, the mailman has already been here today.

The tax deduction as a professional supply (2% rule) is better than as a medical deduction (7% rule).
 
aloft said:
Tell her it's tax-deductible!

Why Sennheisers? Considered the Bose QC2/IflyMike combo?
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Because the QC2 is not STCed. If the battery dies, the headset dies. There are FAA guys out there checking/citing QC2 users.

If you use that combo, I highly suggest you carry an STCed headset to use if a "friendly Fed" shows up for a jumpseat ride.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Excellent. Now all I've got to do is convince the Mrs. that I need to drop several hundred on some Sennheisers!
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Tell her you want to be able to hear your grandkids. I had a pair of HMEC-25KAs. They were great until I started flying Transcons. Then the "on the ear" design started causing my ears to hurt after about 4 hours. An "over/around the ear" design is much more comfortable for long hauls.
 
I love my cheap ANC headset - Lightspeed QFC cross country. It helps a lot during flight instruction days.
 
In the first few weeks on the CRJ I've had the Volume set at the 12 o'clock position. Now, I'm already around 3 o'clock if I don't wear earplugs. All by using the Telex 750.

I second that the CRJ IS a noisy airplane, especially when going low and fast.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Excellent. Now all I've got to do is convince the Mrs. that I need to drop several hundred on some Sennheisers!
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get the ones you wanna get hon.. you don't need to convince me, that's been accomplished day in/day out when i find the TV turned up super high busting out my sensitive ear drums (esp in the AM)! haha :banghead:
 
I never thought about that, the outside noise and the canceling sound both combining to damage your ear. Sounds scary, so it must be true.

I've already done enough to my ears I think I'm going to start things off right with a DC ENC. Loud concerts and busting my sinuses once from free diving have left my right ear a little angry at me. The best part is I can get an MP3 player so I can listen to them around town. Nothing says "I'm an important pilot" like walking around the supermarket with a headset on.
 
Are the lightweight anr headsets like the telex 750 and the one doug is talking about that are small and dont have big earmuffs good for turboprops too or do you really need one with big ear covers?
 
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