AirPods causing head pressure?

Google "Headphone headaches". You'll get many more.

And did you try the other searches I suggested.

That response from Apple does not surprise me at all. If you are complaining about being sick you don't make a Genius Bar appointment. Other than fit in your ear there is nothing in the AirPods that would cause your symptoms. And Apple cannot see or examine the shape of your ears.

Amy, i just ignore people with such responses. People just don't know how different each person is. No two are alike but might have similarities in certain aspects. I too just bought AirPods and noticing the same pressure in my head. You can sense the tone from others who try to downplay what people are reporting and people who claim to speak for . I just ignore and take what I need from the conversations and drop the rest. Most times you don't need a doctor as our bodies speak to us very clearly when something is wrong and lifestyle plays a big part. At least i've observe for myself personally. Will see how this goes. For now will only use it when i absolutely have to and stick to my EarPods as I did not experience the pressure until i started using AirPods.

BobSaggy wrote:

You just proved my point on how comments from some downplays experience of other human beings. When you say: "Anyone with common sense". What do you think that implies? Who defines common sense? Some people like me are noticing slight headaches and pressure which happens when they use their AirPods and asking if others are experiencing the same. I would call that common sense but that's my view.

No one is downplaying anyone's experience. What IdrisSeabright said is that any symptoms have nothing to do with radiation or some sort of mysterious waves. That possibility has been extensively studied for 20 years, and there are no studies that were able to confirm a connection, and many studies that disproved any assertions of a connection. You can go to pubmed and research it yourself pretty easily: Home - PubMed - NCBI That does not mean that AirPods don't cause symptoms in some users; what is disputed is claims as to the cause of the symptoms.

If you suffer discomfort when using AirPods, then don't use them.

I am having the same issue. Love the product, but it hurts my head so bad I can no longer use them. These do NOT feel safe AT ALL! I had this issue the first day I used them and tried to use them a few more days to see if it would go away and it got much worse. If this is after a few days I can't even imagine if I used them for a full year. DO NOT USE! NOT SAFE!

Hello Eagle2424. I think it's working for some people but for other's it's not. I've seen people wearing it about me and they seem to be ok and from what others have posted here. Maybe, just maybe some of us are more sensitive to the operation of the AirPods or just maybe again some of them are defective. It won't be the first time some  devices are found to be defective. Usually from a specific factory.

Luckily i've taken mine to my local iStore and they are being very understanding. My iStore spoke to  and they've asked for me to log the call and they'll look into this. So lets see. Am sceptical to say everyone should not use it as am sure anyone experiencing what we've been reporting would not be able to bear it. Lets see what  reports back. I'll definitely let you all know.

Finally got my airpods after a long wait. Loved them for the first day and a half. used them almost non-stop for an entire day, except the 15 minutes it took to charge every few hours. took a few conference calls, listened to several hours of an audio book while i cleaned up around the house. all in all, about 9 - 10 hours of continuous usage (except for charge times). went to sleep and woke up with a small pressure behind my eye. the pain kept going for the next 6 hours and grew to intense unbearable, pulsing headache. finally took 2 advil, and passed out for about 4 hours. woke up with a lingering dull pain. 2 days later (today) feeling fine. Will try the airpods again, maybe with less usage and see if I get the headaches again. the headache was really intense.

couldnt do anything but sleep. really love my airpods, but if it gives me another headache, will have to return. =[. love them and super convenient. but the pain is horrible, and a whole day wasted.

lots of articles out there describing the lack of research by fcc on bluetooth dangers. most articles state research has not deemed bluetooth safe, but rather the lack of research to deem bluetooth unsafe has left them categorized as safe.

I have been a bluetooth headset user for many years. have a sena s3 kit on my motorcycle helmet, typical usage 1 - 2 hours continuous for 2 sessions. 4 hours total a day. Plantronics backbeat go 2 for many years. typically for boarding a flight, workouts or short flights 2 - 3 hours continuous usage a day.

I've never had headaches before, but I've never used bluetooth headsets for as long in a day as I did with the airpods.

Same issue here. Love everything else about them but as I had a couple of long calls using either actual phone call or voip apps and started getting this pressure headache kind of behind and next to my ears. Never had this issue with more extended usage hours using the wired iPhone EarPods. It gradually gets better when I take them off then back to headache when I put them back on and do one more phone call. Just took them off 5 minutes ago after last call and headache slowly getting better. It's true that it feels like some sort of pressure.

This is not medical research. This is user feedback.

At first I thought you were legitimately trying to have a discussion so I was doing just that but now I see you are just trying to attack and demean anyone (without the right logic to follow through) who is sharing an experience that you don't agree they should be having for some reason. I don't think you're even reading my responses yet you continue to respond by attacking. Not worth a discussion.

Peace out

I have been using Bluetooth gadgets for years and never had problems with these. Although I have problems with 5ghz wifi ... I began noticing the same feeling of pressure and headaches when I connected my AirPods to my iMac over iCloud for the first time. It's even worse when I'm having a phone call, but I feel the headache (and tinitus) even when my AirPods are far away - in the other room - from me in the case.

I think I'll return them ...

I know they are connected over Bluetooth 4, but I felt no headache before I connected they over my iCloud account with my iMac. There are several tests from some people with measuring instruments which clarified that even in the case the AirPods are sending. It doesn't depend how strong the signal is, but the frequency sending.

I'm really no one who condemns Bluetooth - no, I love new technologies. This is what makes me so sad ... I love my new AirPods and I would love if I could wear them like my Bluetooth headsets before 😟

I love how some people are totally discrediting other people's experience just because not a majority of people have that same experience. If you are not an expert who isn't conducting research and bringing those people to a controlled environment you don't have any logic behind claiming their experiences are invalid.

There may be a group of people who are more sensitive to something that is part of using Bluetooth headsets or specific technologies than others. My experience is real as I am sure others' are as well. I have been testing them every day since I made my earlier post and the unique pressure-like headache is very consistent with using them for long-ish phone calls while I don't get the same headache from the EarPods (I haven't used any other Bluetooth headsets in the past though so can't claim that is unique to AirPods).

All I'm saying is that this is something worth looking into even if it only impacts a small portion of users.

I still love them and continue to use them only for music for short periods and for calls that only last a few minutes. I wish I could use them for my longer calls (business and personal) which I am use the EarPods for.

Peace

Amy

I thought EarPods have the same design which I am having no issues using to this day so I don't get the point about this he design. I have no issues with other in-ear headphones as well.

In any case, not saying that's probably something "wrong" with the device or anything about Bluetooth beings the reason, again I continue to be a big fan of the AirPods (minus the headache aspect) amen in general the Apple EarPods. Simply had an odd observation that impacted my ability to use the product for one reason or the other and did a simple google search to see if anyone is experiencing the same problem or if any specific researches on AirPods were made and found this post. Thought to share my experience to help make information available (especially being a fan of most Apple products and understanding how user feedback can be valuable sometimes).

I'll mention it to my physician but will keep Ann eye open on other people's experiences with this as well.

Hello from Barcelona, Spain.

I have to report exactly same simpthona.

I bought AirPods some weeks ago, and I was very excited at the beginning. After being listening music for 1 hour, I began to experiment headache.

First I didn’t believe that this was caused by AirPods. So, I began to test listening music with the wired ones (EarPods) and comparing with AirPods.

And I have to say that only AirPods causes me headache.

I love AirPods but I can’t use it.

I work as a computer engineer for many years and I tried all kind of wireless devices, and it’s first time I get headache using a wireless device.

Kind regards

Carlos

Yes, I saw that, but I've seen other sources that aren't as positive about it. And "builds upon" sounds wishywashy. And, as I pointed out, it can't be near the top end of class 1 or the battery life would be unacceptable. The range is greater than class 2 (10m) but isn't the 100m that is class 1. So back to my educated guess as an electronics engineer that it's around 20 mw.