Ear Bug warning?
Now, I don't want to seem too paranoid on this and I know that there is no proof yet. I recently got one of those Cell Phone Ear Bug thingies, and I just love it. Today, I went to lunch with a girlfriend who got one much before I did.
At breakfast, she saw my Bug and told me that she did not think it was good to wear it all the time because hers caused earaches. I said ok but left mine in but just a few minutes ago, I developed an ear ache.
I have not worn a Cell Phone on my body for the same time because I did not want to be "cooking" a spot of my body. I know that you techies are going to eat me alive, or die laughing at my saying this, so I am not telling anyone that they should not do it, but I am relaying my own experience.
Khadija
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Ear buds
The issue with them is a sizing thing. Some claim to be one-size-fits-all, but really, there is so much variation in size of the human ear, that if you happen to have slightly smaller ears, it will cause you to start hurting as you're holding it stretched open.
Mine sits on the outside.
so it does not go in my ear. Maybe I just need to get used to it.
As both a techie (consultant
As both a techie (consultant for 14 years), and user of the stupid things, I can say that it's not the bluetooth itself that's making your ear ache. (or even wired, which is 'safer' if you're concerned about electromagnetic radiation).
As has already been stated, it's a size problem, or rather, a size and shape problem. You may end up going through three or four earpieces before you find one that's even close to comfortable. I'm using a Plantronics with removable pieces, and I found I can use the middle, the small is comfortable, and the large hurts like heck.
BW
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
ear aches
another way it hurts is when the phone volume is all the way up and a small girls calls and practically screams hello from over excitement (no names here!).
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Another contributor...
is whether the headpiece (ear bud) wraps around the ear - and actually fits your ear. It can "almost" fit, but apply pressure some place - and after a while, you feel it! (I can't use my wife's for that reason, but she finds it very comfortable.)
And, yet another contributor to ear pain - the volume (I know the folks that "live" with their toons blasting away in their ears (loud enough for those around them) don't want to hear this, but that can also contribute to ear pain.
Another potential contributor is if your ear bud seals the ear well enough that the air pressure isn't quite even - and you push the ear drum in or out just a bit... That can be painful too. (This occurs most often during allergy season - when we're blowing our noses more often.
Of all of these, the one the others mentioned is the most common cause of ear pain from an ear bud or phone headset.
Annette
Blue Tooth
I'm not a techie, but your ear plug is called a blue tooth. I have owned a blue tooth, but gave it away because I think my cell phone should be basic. I don't text, twitter or tweeter, I don't need computer capabilities or the ability to down load 50,000,000 songs.
I want it to just be used to call someone, no call waiting. or selection of multiple ring tones.
I'm due for an upgrade at the end of the month and after checking out multiple phones on different web sites I've decided the campbell phone would be nice but multiple connections are not possible. There is no fee or contract, no minutes to buy and is possible to use only with in a two block area before one loses contact. I'm talking about a can and a string.
Its gotten too complicated for me.
Come to think of it, not upgrading gives me freedom from being bothered by others. I can be one happy female with just a home phone and leave it disconnected.
Jill Micayla
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not to add fuel to the fire, but
Not to add fuel to the fire, but I used to have an in-the-ear type and had ear aches (ear infections?) and after I switched to the outside-the-ear style, they went away, never to plague me again. My Dr mentioned it could be due to how well it seals and insulates and that if there were water or something in there, it might provide a better breeding ground for bacteria and the like due to heat, but he said that was just a guess on his part based on his own observations. Just my two cents, for what it is worth.
Diana