Are your headphones that cancel the noise playing with your head?

We all know that headphones can be bad for audition if you hear too strong sounds in such close 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 technology could recover the brain of people who regularly try and was subsequently diagnosed with audio processing disorder (APD). A previous hearing test returned normal. 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.