[SallySwanSmith]

I'm really confused, as the author talks about their "searing ear pain" and then says

> When I activated the noise cancelling button, things got worse. The ear pain got more severe and so did the pain close to my jaw.

I'm really confused as to the claim being specific to noise cancelling headphones given the ear pain happened when that feature was off.

[stebann]

I thought the same.

[xutopia]

I didn't try those specific headphones but another pair I had always had noise cancelation on. The button to turn NC on was actually just turning it up higher.