Hearing health isn't just about lowering the volume; keeping your headphones and earbuds clean matters just as much.

We asked experts for the best cleaning methods to make your headphones and earbuds sound better and last longer Our cleaning tips apply to everything from over-ear and on-ear headphones to petite ...

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Your wireless earbuds probably spend a lot of time stuffed inside your ears, and no offense, but your ears aren’t always the nicest place to be. You can practice good hygiene, keep your earbuds ...

Whether in-ear or over-ear, there are rules. Headphones are one of those pesky tools we use nearly every day but treat pretty poorly. They're dropped, dragged, tangled, one gets lost (anybody who's ...

Fungus and yeast infection-causing germs can build upon the earbuds as you jam them inside your ear canals, not to mention wax that visibly sticks to their surfaces. After sending an earbud swab out ...

It's common nowadays to wear something in or over your ears to listen to music, a podcast or talk on the phone. Some people use them for hours on end every single day. There's no school uniform for ...

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How do you clean earbuds? We know your secret — your earbuds are gross — but luckily, they’re easy to clean. Earbuds can harbor hundreds of thousands of bacteria, so leaving them to fester is ...

Everyone has dirty ears; the human ear is designed to produce earwax to protect itself from other junk getting in there, among other things. That means that the more you put your precious new AirPods ...

Seriously, do this right now. Raise your hand if you’re reading this article while wearing earbuds? Headphones—and more specifically earbuds, like Apple AirPods and EarPods, that fit snugly in the ear ...

Like anything else that you wear on your body, headphones can get dirty. They seem to be magnets for everything from earwax to lint to dust—and the grime is more than just gross. It can affect the ...