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The set that arrived for review here were the penguin themed ones; my three-year-old took one look at them and proclaimed them hers. She put them on - the band is adjustable for smaller heads, with a soft velcro closing - and refused to take them off for a few hours. I finally prised them from her grasp after she fell asleep; small children are nothing if not tenacious. You need to have these headphones on the right way round for comfort. There’s an R and L to show the correct side, but if your kid doesn’t know his or her left from right you may get a complaint every other time they’re put on incorrectly. Hey, maybe it’ll teach them their left from their right! Belkin is a trusted name in the world of audio, and its SoundForm range of headphones and earbuds now has a set made specially for children. Its SoundForm Inspire, connecting via Bluetooth 5.2, are our choice headphones for older kids.
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Loud noise can damage the structures, hair cells and nerve fibers in the inner ear that respond to sound and transmit sound to the brain. Such hearing loss is known as Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), and it can’t be medically corrected but it is preventable. We’ve tested quieter, but these often raised complaints from our helpful child testers, so if you can trust your child not to wear these at full volume for hours on end, you should be ok. Reasonably priced, well made and comfortable the SoundForm Inspire headphones sound great. They also have a flip-up boom microphone—sadly not detachable—that can be useful in online lessons or just chatting to their friends.Medical experts have reported that 12.5% of children and adolescents aged 6–19 years have suffered permanent damage to their hearing as a result of earphones and devices turned to a high volume. And with kids spending around 5 hours a day watching or using screens, the risk to hearing is frightening to consider. Putting adult headphones on to your child’s head could endanger their hearing, as they emit sound as loud as 94-110dB. Dedicated kids headphones with volume limiting are better but not 100% safe if used for long periods of time.
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One thing we didn’t like was the childish and rather gender-specific outer earpiece graphics, which might put off older children, but there’s plenty of color choices as they are available in Cool Blue (DJ graphics), Rose Pink (Princess), Sun Yellow (Lion), Grey Matter (Scientist), Deep Blue (Pirate), and Snow White (Unicorn). Pairing via Bluetooth 5.0 was easy after fully charging the headphones, and they also come with a detachable cable for those times when you’ve forgotten to charge the headphones up beforehand. The headband is available in either fleece (which we're testing here) or cotton, the latter being cooler and a lot better in the summer. There are several different designs from the owl we've got to a unicorn - obviously - and a monster, because some boys probably don't want a pair of pink kitten headphones. Using Bluetooth means that these headphones need to be charged, and the “up to 20 hours” of battery life should be enough for most journeys. They charge via USB-C cable rather than fiddly microUSB, which is often found on kids headphones.
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A sensible compromise would be to invest in a decent set of headphones that limits volume, but also limit the length of time children wear them. The quality wireless Cosmos+ sound as good as we’ve heard for a set of kids headphones, and they’ve got everything you need, including a detachable boom microphone for video calls. A cable is included so you can connect two headsets and then share via Bluetooth to a single phone or other music-giving devices. These wireless, lightweight foldable on-ear headphones feature volume limiting (to the standard 85dB) are look as good as their pricier siblings, the BT2200 and PuroQuiet.
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Sound quality is excellent—possibly the best we’ve heard on a kids product, and these look and feel like quality products. Using Bluetooth, the PuroQuiet do away with a cable, which also reduces risks of injury by entanglement. The wirelesspairing was simple. In case you forget to charge the headphones (via the included microUSB cable), there’s a detachable cable included, as well as a nice carry case to protect them when not in use. At the less expensive end of the Puro Sound Labs wireless range are the JuniorJams. If you want much-cheaper Puro headphones, look for the PuroBasic wired headphones. The Cosmos+ are comfortable and suitable for all but the youngest heads. The audio controls are easy to use, and pairing is simple to setup. Children’s ears are more sensitive to noise damage, due to growth and development of nerve fibres and other cells. Also because of their smaller external auditory canals, the eardrum is closer to the sound source.While many kids headphones are quite plastic-y the Puro Sound Labs BT2200 headphones look more like a high-end adult audio product, and the cost reflects this, too. These are a big step up from most of the cheaper headphones listed here.
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