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How Do Noise-Canceling Headphones Work?

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You’re on a flight, and the drone of the engines is getting on your nerves, so you pop on a pair of noise-canceling headphones, and sweet, blessed silence descends. But those headphones aren’t just muffling the sound -- they’re actually making it go away! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Andreas Heydeck, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Benny, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick, Fatima Iqbal, Lucy McGlasson, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Thomas J., and Patrick D. Ashmore. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/audio-music/noise-canceling-headphone3.htm http://mentalfloss.com/article/49988/how-do-noise-canceling-headphones-work http://www.phys.uconn.edu/~gibson/Notes/Section5_2/Sec5_2.htm https://thetartan.org/2010/2/8/scitech/noisecanceling

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