08/20/2026
Your Headphones Are Tricking Your Brain
That strange “pressure” from noise-cancelling headphones might not be real pressure at all.
They use tiny microphones to detect outside noise and generate opposite sound waves that cancel it. Because they’re especially good at removing low-frequency sounds, your brain may associate the resulting silence with pressure changes—like flying or diving.
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