@Dave - yes, it's volume adjustable. You simply adjust the volume on your iPod or MP3 Player like you would regular headphones.
Basically speaking, folks, loud noise - whether be from stereo speakers, earbuds, regular headphones or bone conductance headphones - will damage your hearing (by damaging the cochlea). That's why you shouldn't listen to music too loudly too often.
But the Audio Bone does prevent damage to the ear drum, a major cause of hearing loss in people. So in that point, it is safer. And for those people who do have hearing loss due to ear drum damage, the Audio Bone will help them hear music again.
@gtstiggy - the sound quality of Audio Bone ain't bad, but it's not comparable to high quality headset. Bone conductance headphones are not for audiophiles or for when you can shut out the world and just listen to music.
The strength of the Audio Bone headphones is that they let you enjoy music personally (without having speakers blaring) while still letting you hear everything around you and be aware of your surrounding.
Re: price - we will closely follow the price. Like any gadget, the price usually drops as the technology matures (Audio Bone has been in development for many years, this is their first year being available commercially). When the price drops, we will pass the savings to you!
@Dan0 - well, the ads and the shop are there to help keep Neatorama free to its readers. The blog does cost a pretty penny to run (the hardware and bandwidth cost alone run into the five digits every year).
@Gauldar - Sure, regular headphones are perfectly fine in many instances. I used them to listen to music at home at night when working on the computer (when the kids are asleep), but I had to listen using only one ear so I can hear them in case they wake up! Audio Bone lets me listen AND hear my surroundings at the same time.
@Jittery Jim - it does work very well. And it's the first lightweight and comfy to wear bone conductance headphones that I've seen and tried out.
Audio Bone bypasses the ear canal and the ear drum - it delivers music through bone vibrations (hence the name) straight to the inner ear. You should be able to use Audio Bone if your cochleas are fine. In fact, the headphone works for those with hearing problems due to ear drums damage.
Thanks for the feedback, guys - I do agree that the search can be better. I'm going to talk to the guys at Lijit to see if we can improve the performance of the search engine.
@tringo - can you elaborate or send me a screenshot of the missing pictures in your RSS feed? This was a problem early on that was fixed.
Re: quality of the Upcoming Queue post - well, you have to keep in mind that these posts are raw and unfiltered. The good ones - those that garnered the most votes by Neatorama readers just like yourselves - are promoted to the blog's front page. Basically, if you just visit the blog, you will only see the best of the Upcoming Queue submissions.
That's the problem with cutting & pasting, which is specifically requested that you not do when you submit the post. The better idea is to write a small excerpt, and then link it to your blog post :)
Basically speaking, folks, loud noise - whether be from stereo speakers, earbuds, regular headphones or bone conductance headphones - will damage your hearing (by damaging the cochlea). That's why you shouldn't listen to music too loudly too often.
But the Audio Bone does prevent damage to the ear drum, a major cause of hearing loss in people. So in that point, it is safer. And for those people who do have hearing loss due to ear drum damage, the Audio Bone will help them hear music again.
@gtstiggy - the sound quality of Audio Bone ain't bad, but it's not comparable to high quality headset. Bone conductance headphones are not for audiophiles or for when you can shut out the world and just listen to music.
The strength of the Audio Bone headphones is that they let you enjoy music personally (without having speakers blaring) while still letting you hear everything around you and be aware of your surrounding.
Re: price - we will closely follow the price. Like any gadget, the price usually drops as the technology matures (Audio Bone has been in development for many years, this is their first year being available commercially). When the price drops, we will pass the savings to you!
@Gauldar - Sure, regular headphones are perfectly fine in many instances. I used them to listen to music at home at night when working on the computer (when the kids are asleep), but I had to listen using only one ear so I can hear them in case they wake up! Audio Bone lets me listen AND hear my surroundings at the same time.
@Jittery Jim - it does work very well. And it's the first lightweight and comfy to wear bone conductance headphones that I've seen and tried out.
Audio Bone bypasses the ear canal and the ear drum - it delivers music through bone vibrations (hence the name) straight to the inner ear. You should be able to use Audio Bone if your cochleas are fine. In fact, the headphone works for those with hearing problems due to ear drums damage.
@tringo - can you elaborate or send me a screenshot of the missing pictures in your RSS feed? This was a problem early on that was fixed.
Re: quality of the Upcoming Queue post - well, you have to keep in mind that these posts are raw and unfiltered. The good ones - those that garnered the most votes by Neatorama readers just like yourselves - are promoted to the blog's front page. Basically, if you just visit the blog, you will only see the best of the Upcoming Queue submissions.
By the way, UK farm girls are hawt!
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