Are Bluetooth headsets safe?

Many buyers may be fearful regarding the safety of using Bluetooth headsets. Can volume levels affect your eardrums? Are the radio waves emitted by the Bluetooth stereo dangerous?

As with all mobile listening devices, wireless headphones should not be used at high volume levels. Studies show that headphones are much more likely to cause hearing problems compared to traditional headphones. Headphones have the potential to do much more damage as they rest fairly close to the eardrums. High volume levels make you less aware of your surroundings. This is especially true of headphones that serve as ear plugs to the rest of the world.

To use headphones safely, you must decrease the sound level and the period of use. Medical professionals often suggest using headphones that do a much better job of blocking out background noise so it doesn't have enough influence to raise the volume level. Many popular models of Bluetooth headsets, such as the Jaybird JF3 and Sony DRBT100CX, are made to seal the inside of the ear canal and efficiently block out background sound.

Bluetooth is a type of wireless communication. What this means is that it sends out some kind of radiation, just like all things that communicate wirelessly, like your mobile phone or wireless Internet router. The concern about Bluetooth headsets is that the Bluetooth radio is located very close to the user's head, giving the feeling that radiation has a more direct influence on the user rather than the Bluetooth keyboard.

Are Bluetooth earbuds dangerous? The Canadian and US governments. USA They have established a higher Specific Assimilation Rate, or SAR, of 1.6 for all consumer wireless devices. Basically, that is the upper limit of radiation that a unit can provide to be considered appropriate. An average Bluetooth radio module produces a SAR of just 0.001 watts per kilogram. It is well below cell phone levels and a negligible amount on the SAR scale. This is because Bluetooth is a very low-power and short-range wireless communication standard. Think about how far a cell phone signal must travel to get to the nearest mobile tower. Compare that to the small distance that Bluetooth signals can travel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the radiation from Bluetooth headsets is negligible and should not be a problem.