ELI5. Why do active noise cancelling headphones/earbuds not protect your hearing?

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for example, you’re in a loud train station or in a place with loud tools but you hardly hear anything with noise cancelation. why is this not considered hearing protection?

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It is, the just don’t advertise them as such because that’s not the target market they are going after.

Search for ‘active hearing protection’ and you’ll find basically the same devices but for a different market.

https://www.amazon.com/active-hearing-protection/s?k=active+hearing+protection

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