Are Bone Conduction Headset Phones Good for Your Ears?

This is an era of frequent disasters, but also an era of heroes. At the scene of emergencies such as earthquakes, fires, and floods, there are always respectable firefighters who are desperate to save lives. Various equipment enters the rescue scene with firefighters, among which communication equipment is the most important. The harsh environment of the rescue site is a huge challenge for firefighters to communicate. 

To solve this problem, people have equipped firefighters with a new communication artifact--tactical bone conduction headset phones to help firefighters listen to clear instructions in noisy and harsh environments, so that they can accurately and quickly reply to information. Tactical bone conduction headset phones relatively bulky. Based on the same principle of sound transmission, engineers have developed this type of headphones for ordinary users. In the past two years, they have become a phenomenon-level earphone product and are very popular among young people.

What are bone conduction headset phones?

Bone conduction earphones are earphones that "attach the sounding unit to the temple and other parts, convert the sound into mechanical vibration by the sounding unit, cause the bone to vibrate through the mechanical vibration, and conduct the sound to the auditory nerve from the bone". Simply put, bone conduction headset phones are headphones that use human bones as the sound transmission medium.

Bone conduction headset phones are a new application of mature technology. Its technology is widely used in the military, fire protection, hearing aids, and other fields. Daily listening to music is a newly expanded application field of bone conduction earphones. However, it is foreseeable that the field of listening to music will make bone conduction headset phones more popular.

Are bone conduction headset phones good for your ears?

Bone conduction headset phones 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

Bone conduction headset phones 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

Bone conduction headset phones 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 bone conduction headset phones are relatively gentle and stable, and will not damage the cochlea.

4. Does not harm the auditory nerve

The electromagnetic waves of bone conduction headset phones 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 bone conduction headset phones. Therefore, pay attention to volume control when using bone conduction headset phones, 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, bone conduction headset phones 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 bone conduction headset phones, you can also hear the sound behind you, so as to avoid some dangerous situations.

2. They are more hygienic:

bone conduction headset phones 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:

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

Bone conduction headset phones that are good for the ears are also safer, more hygienic, and more comfortable headphones. These advantages make them popular at an extremely fast speed.

A large number of earphone manufacturers have joined the field of bone conduction headset phones. Which one is the best? I will give you some recommendations

1. Wissonly Hi Runner bone conduction headset phones

Reason for recommendation:

Wissonly bone conduction vibration unit optimization technology is one of the best technical solutions in the industry, because their team has accumulated in the field of bone conduction for 10 years, which is highly respected by people in the industry in terms of product quality and hearing protection.

Once, there was a saying that the sound quality of bone conduction headset phones was average. However, Wissonly Hi Runner refreshes this knowledge. It is excellent in sound quality. It uses a 360-degree bone conduction vibration unit, which can increase the vibration area by 35% compared with traditional bone conduction headset phones. Moreover, its loss of bone conduction sound transmission is lower, making the sound more shocking and powerful.

Wissonly Hi Runner has added a number of innovative features to make bone conduction headset phones better integrated into many scenes in life. It supports IPX8 diving waterproof, which is very good for me who loves swimming. What's crazy is that it can still work normally under 20 meters of water! It also has 32GB of memory, so it can play music even if it is not connected to a mobile phone. I basically use it as an MP3 player, and I don't take my mobile phone for running at night. It uses the Bluetooth 5.0 chip, and outdoor activities can make the connection more stable.

In terms of appearance, Wissonly Hi Runner adopts classic black color, and its simple appearance involves matching whatever clothes you wear in any scene.

2.Philips A8606 bone conduction headset phones

Reason for recommendation:

The most peculiar point of Philips is that it is equipped with LED night running lights at the rear end of the fuselage, and the A8606 is also the same. The back of both sides of the headphones has rain-shaped lights flashing, wearing it at night can make people around you alert to your location. And turning on them during exercise can improve the safety factor, and night travel can also achieve the effect of not being collided. The Bluetooth version of 5.0 can maintain the smoothness of listening to songs at a short distance, and the 13.3mm vibrator makes it have a good performance in sound quality.

3.AfterShokz OpenSwim bone conduction headset phones

Reason for recommendation:

The body of the headphone is made of skin-friendly silicone, and its light body is only weighs 36g. It has ergonomic structure of the ear design, no matter running, jumping, wearing glasses without pressure, more intimate details. The waterproof performance of OpenSwim reaches IP68 level, which is suitable for swimmers. A long strip structure design is adopted at the sound generating part, so that the loudspeaker has a larger surface area and higher sound transmission efficiency. With its own 4G memory, it can use as a mp3 player.Its battery life reach 8 hours, no matter about long time using.But this headphones does not support Bluetooth and calling functions.

4.earsopen SS900 bone conduction headset phones

Reason for recommendation:

The fuselage is equipped with BoCo's bone conduction vibrator technology, with AVV's precise vertical vibration transmission technology. It has good lower potential and a wide sound range in low-frequency performance. The Bluetooth version of 5.2 helps it to maintain the stability of the connection within 10m. The weight of the body is 8g,it is light when clipping to the ear, but the wear method of the ear clip is not suitable for long-term wear.

5. vidonn F3 bone conduction headset phones

Reason for recommendation:

The Vidonn F3 bone conduction headset phones weigh only 29g, and there is no discomfort whether you have it hanging neck or hinging ears for a long time. The ear arm of the bone conduction vibrator is on the outside, leaving space for the glasses leg to pass, which solves the embarrassing situation of not being able to wear glasses when wearing headphones.

The charging port of Vidonn F3 bone conduction headset phones is the universal standard MICRO-USB interface. It adopts a soft rubber plug to waterproof, but the soft rubber plug is not connected to the body, there will be a risk of loss. The manufacturer gives two spare soft rubber plugs in the box.

This is an entry-level product, and it's hard to expect good performance in terms of sound quality and leak prevention, but it's enough for everyday use.

Among the above five bone conduction headset phones, Wissonly and Philips are most recommended. These two brands have the strongest technical strength and the best product quality. Among the two brands, Wissonly will have a higher cost performance.