Noise Risky

Many
noise-cancelling headsets in the consumer market generate the noise-cancelling
waveform in real-time with analogue technology. In contrast, other active noise and
vibration control products use soft real-time digital processing.

To prevent higher-frequency noise from reaching the ear, most noise-cancelling

headphones depend on sound isolation or soundproofing.

Higher-frequency sound has a shorter wavelength, and cancelling this sound would
require locating devices to detect and counteract it closer to the listener's eardrum than
is currently technically feasible or would require digital algorithms that would complicate
the headphone's electronics.[3]

Noise-cancelling headphones specify the amount of noise they can cancel in terms
of decibels.

This number may be useful for comparing products but does not tell the whole story, as
it does not specify noise reduction at various frequencies.

By the 1950s, Dr. Lawrence Jerome Fogel created systems and submitted patents

about active noise cancellation specifically in the field of aviation.

This system was designed to reduce noise for the pilots in the cockpit area and help
make their communication easier and protect hearing.
Fogel was considered to be the inventor of active noise cancellation and he designed
one of the first noise canceling headphones systems.

Later on, Willard Meeker designed an active noise control model that was applied to
circumaural earmuffs for advanced hearing protection. Noise-cancelling
aviation headsets are now commonly available.

A number of airlines provide noise-cancelling headphones in their business and first

class cabins. Noise cancelling is particularly effective against aircraft engine noise.

In these cases, the headphones are about the same size as normal headphones.

The electronics, located in the plane handrest, take the sound from the microphone
behind the headphone, invert it, and add it back into the audio signal, which reduces
background noise.