Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds

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Eli5 How exactly does Noise cancellation work? That too in such small airbuds

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But technically you are hearing 2 opposite sounds? So your hearing membrana in the ear hears both and vibrates and then you interpret it as scilence? Or the waves compensate each other and your ear membrana stays still?