Jam to your workout playlist with this wearable tech!
Wearable technology makes it easy to monitor and keep our fitness journeys more interesting. A good example is a fitness band which helps you have a visual measure of your steps and heart rate. Wearables have a way of keeping us motivated and interested in our workouts. They are like support devices that we need to grind out a session in the gym or outdoors.
A famous device that most of us like to wear during indoor or outdoor workout sessions is wireless Bluetooth earphones. Because, for most of us, music helps in getting us in the zone and making our exercise less boring. Wireless Bluetooth earphones are also perfect for not having cables that can hinder our movement.
However, plugging up our ears with wireless noise-canceling earbuds is not always a good idea when doing an exercise. Especially if we often do jogging, running, cycling, and other outdoor activities where our hearing and awareness of our surroundings are super important. Thankfully, advancements in technology have provided us with a perfect substitute. With Bone-conduction headphones, we can still jam out to our playlist while going for a run or putting on the miles on our bike!
How does this wearable tech work?
Bone-conduction headphones work by resting directly around the user’s cheekbones. Unlike normal earphones that work through sending sound from the outer ear to the inner part of our ear, vibrating the auditory ossicles and then stimulating the hairs inside our cochlea. Bone-conduction earphones create vibrations to stimulate the skull and move the hairs inside the cochlea. This is how this wearable enables us to hear the audio we are playing without having to obstruct the ear canal.
This is perfect for maintaining sound awareness if you are out on a jog, cycling, or other outdoor activities. This wearable technology is also good for people with conductive hearing loss.
Bone conduction headphones are also less likely to cause hearing loss since it does not funnel sound directly into your ear the way normal headphones or earbuds would. However, this wearable technology may come with a few downsides. One of those is that it can still obstruct your hearing, but only if you play audio loud enough. Another possible drawback is the sound quality. You might come across some articles that say how bone conduction headphones have bad audio quality. But the truth is that a good pair of bone conduction headphones sound just as good as normal earphones, if not better. Maybe not as good as high-end headphones and noise-canceling earbuds, but it just comes down to your preferences.
Should you consider bone conduction headphones?
The easy answer is yes! simply because of the fact that you can retain sound awareness while still being able to enjoy your playlist. If you love working out in the outdoors, then a bone conduction headphone will suit you perfectly. They are also wireless so there is no obstruction to your mobility!
This is how far technology has taken us. With wearables like fitness bands and bone conduction headphones, our fitness journeys are made more fun and easier to get done. And, while audiophiles might not fully endorse bone conduction headphones, trust us when we say that this wearable tech is a godsend.
