is it safe for infant to wear Noise Cancelation Head Phone (Bose 35) on the plane?
May 10, 2019, 2:07 pm
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is it safe for infant to wear Noise Cancelation Head Phone (Bose 35) on the plane?
Hi everyone,
We will fly from LAX-NRT on UA 32 with our 1 yrsold baby. Is it safe for baby to wear noise cancelling headphone (Bose 35) during the 11hr trip? Hopefully he won't cry because we don't want to disrupt other pax
We will fly from LAX-NRT on UA 32 with our 1 yrsold baby. Is it safe for baby to wear noise cancelling headphone (Bose 35) during the 11hr trip? Hopefully he won't cry because we don't want to disrupt other pax
May 10, 2019, 2:09 pm
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May 10, 2019, 2:36 pm
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Well they may disturb him because of the size, I personally don't get on a flight without them. I wear them essentially throughout the flight and love them. Mine are not Bluetooth so I know of no issues with them.
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May 10, 2019, 2:39 pm
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- active noise cancelling headphones are safe. passive ones designed for infants are even safer, imo.
- always consult your pediatrician
Jun 12, 2019, 5:52 am
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Equalization of the air pressure in the middle ear happens through the eustachian tube which connects the middle ear with the mouth cavity. There's no way that headphones can interfere with that.
Is your baby already used to wearing headphones for prolonged periods of time? If not, I see very little benefit to trying to introduce that at a time when a bunch of new stimuli and experiences are being introduced anyway. Also, what's making you consider noise canceling? The background noise of an airplane is exactly the kind of noise that most babies find soothing and helps them sleep. Having a strange foreign object, designed to fit a much larger head, press on your temples isn't.
Finally, did the flight already happen? How did it go?
Is your baby already used to wearing headphones for prolonged periods of time? If not, I see very little benefit to trying to introduce that at a time when a bunch of new stimuli and experiences are being introduced anyway. Also, what's making you consider noise canceling? The background noise of an airplane is exactly the kind of noise that most babies find soothing and helps them sleep. Having a strange foreign object, designed to fit a much larger head, press on your temples isn't.
Finally, did the flight already happen? How did it go?