{"id":486,"date":"2021-02-24T12:47:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/?p=486"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:47:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:47:33","slug":"cancelling-the-noise-headphone-usage-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/digitalcorps\/2021\/02\/24\/cancelling-the-noise-headphone-usage-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancelling the Noise: Headphone Usage in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine walking into your office, sitting down,&nbsp;and&nbsp;having a nice cup of coffee, when&nbsp;suddenly,&nbsp;you hear your coworkers&nbsp;having a conversation. You ignore it at first, but as the day goes on,&nbsp;more&nbsp;distractions come&nbsp;your way. First,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;a conversation,&nbsp;then,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;constant phone ringing and buzzing,&nbsp;and&nbsp;finally,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;the construction guys working in the office above yours.&nbsp;You\u2019ve&nbsp;got deadlines to finish, so you&nbsp;pop in some headphones, focus, and get to work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;the 3D Insider&nbsp;in 2018,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3dinsider.com\/headphone-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the revenue of the headphone industry rose 1.3%&nbsp;<\/a>reaching to&nbsp;$3.94 billion\u2014that\u2019s&nbsp;a lot of cash.&nbsp;While most of us attribute headphones to listening to music and gaming,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;another&nbsp;category where headphone usage fits: in the workplace.&nbsp;Working in an office and, more recently, remotely, can pose a multitude of distractions&nbsp;for people who need to focus.&nbsp;Headphones are a&nbsp;common&nbsp;solution!&nbsp;We know&nbsp;headphones are&nbsp;a useful tool&nbsp;to tune out the hectic work environment,&nbsp;but&nbsp;can they increase our overall work productivity?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Digital Corps students work in and out of the office, headphones&nbsp;are a typical accessory. In an office that is highly collaborative and energetic, do those who use headphones see an impact on their own productivity while working?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\" \/><figcaption>Headphones&nbsp;are emerging as a popular workplace tool.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Productivity<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A&nbsp;CloudCover&nbsp;Music&nbsp;study&nbsp;of over 1,000 employees and employers&nbsp;found&nbsp;that\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/cloudcovermusic.com\/music-at-work-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">56% of employees&nbsp;extensively use&nbsp;headphones in the office<\/a>.&nbsp;Headphones can&nbsp;serve a variety of&nbsp;functions but&nbsp;are&nbsp;especially&nbsp;effective in increasing&nbsp;productivity.&nbsp;At the Digital Corps, students are not exempt from distractions. From coworkers chatting&nbsp;to students and tour&nbsp;groups&nbsp;walking around in the hallway outside the office, it\u2019s not hard to lose focus in the office. Remote work also poses challenges for students. For some Digital Corps members, a shared dorm room, loud dining&nbsp;halls, and furry friends can pose more distraction outside of the office environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7643-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-493\" width=\"315\" height=\"237\" \/><figcaption>Cami Beteet using her SoundCloud Note earphones.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Video Apprentice Cami&nbsp;Beteet,&nbsp;wearing headphones during work is a normal part of the day.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWearing headphones helps me feel more productive&#8230;&nbsp;headphones can make people feel more concentrated,\u201d&nbsp;Beteet&nbsp;says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                         <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jolee-Edge-1200x1200-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" \/><figcaption>UX Graduate Assistant, Jolee Edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For UX Graduate Assistant Jolee Edge, headphones keep her focused during work.&nbsp;Remote work&nbsp;can be even more distracting than in-office work, because&nbsp;the&nbsp;temptations of TVs, snack breaks, and sweatpants pull people out&nbsp;of&nbsp;\u201cthe&nbsp;zone.\u201d&nbsp;Edge&nbsp;says she&nbsp;is&nbsp;\u201cDefinitely&nbsp;more&nbsp;concentrated because I can more easily drown out my surroundings\u201d during her&nbsp;remote&nbsp;work time&nbsp;while using headphones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-4.53.33-PM-1024x397.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-491\" \/><figcaption>CloudCover&nbsp;Music survey results of&nbsp;perceived&nbsp;effect of headphones on workplace productivity.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study above also found that around two-thirds of workers feel&nbsp;headphones increase workplace productivity.&nbsp;As more people, including Digital Corps students,&nbsp;use headphones during work, it begs the question, what are some other benefits to using headphones while working?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other Benefits to Headphones<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0057-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" width=\"315\" height=\"237\" \/><figcaption>UX Apprentice, Kip Sprout, working with his AirPod Pros.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headphones can provide more benefits than just increasing productivity. First, headphones can be great for noise cancellation. Kip Sprout,&nbsp;UX Apprentice, uses his&nbsp;noise cancelling&nbsp;headphones&nbsp;when he really needs to dial in on a project.&nbsp;\u201cI wear&nbsp;headphones&nbsp;so people don\u2019t bug me while I\u2019m working&#8230;,\u201d Sprout says, \u201cIt depends on if I\u2019m working on something intensive that I need to focus on&#8230;\u201d&nbsp;Using these headphones proves&nbsp;to be&nbsp;good at eliminating distracting and potentially harmful background noise.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maddie-Rambissoon-1200x1200-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption>Video Team Apprentice, Maddie Rambissoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another benefit to headphones is&nbsp;their ability to&nbsp;trigger pure focus. For Video Team Apprentice Maddie&nbsp;Rambissoon, headphones naturally allow her to focus&nbsp;more. \u201cBefore remote work, sometimes the office got a bit too loud and it was hard to concentrate,&nbsp;so headphones gave me a bit of a block from the talking so&nbsp;I&nbsp;could work more efficiently.&nbsp;Even if I&#8217;m not listening to anything, [headphones] help my brain focus better.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While&nbsp;there are many benefits to headphones, one question&nbsp;remains:&nbsp;What are people listening&nbsp;to?&nbsp;The common&nbsp;answer amongst Digital Corps members was music, and while some genres may be distracting&nbsp;for&nbsp;some, pop, lo-fi, and even classical were among the&nbsp;most listened&nbsp;to&nbsp;genres.&nbsp;Along with music, things like podcasts and even white noise are&nbsp;listened to&nbsp;while working with headphones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Importance During Remote Work<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the world fell under lockdown last March, no one really knew what to expect, especially when it came to work. For the Digital Corps, we quickly adapted to a remote setting&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;the&nbsp;rest of the Spring semester,&nbsp;the Summer, and into the new academic year. Most work at the Digital Corps is now done remotely, meaning that we are now connected via Zoom or Slack rather than across the room from one another.&nbsp;Remote work was a foreign concept for&nbsp;many students,&nbsp;and&nbsp;some struggled to find productive working&nbsp;location in&nbsp;between classes and other&nbsp;in-person&nbsp;activities. From sitting in noisy dining halls to enduring a roommate&#8217;s online class, remote work&nbsp;poses&nbsp;distractions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201c&#8230;I\u2019ll sometimes receive random Slack calls or notifications and feel the need to check them right away,&nbsp;which can sometimes deter me from the work I was doing\u201d&nbsp;Beteet&nbsp;says.&nbsp;But with her headphones at the ready,&nbsp;Beteet&nbsp;can focus on her projects easily and without crazy distractions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jolee Edge also&nbsp;struggles with&nbsp;a&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;distraction\u2014being online. \u201cNormally, the biggest distraction [in office] could be interacting with other students, but now it&#8217;s more so social media&#8230;\u201d she says. Everything has been at our fingertips for quite some time, but with remote work,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;no longer the accountability of an office setting to help guide your focus.&nbsp;Edge&nbsp;also&nbsp;notes that&nbsp;headphone usage keeps her more focused than not during remote work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Listen Up<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headphone usage during work&nbsp;positively&nbsp;impacts&nbsp;productivity,&nbsp;helps&nbsp;workers&nbsp;feel more&nbsp;focused,&nbsp;and&nbsp;makes&nbsp;the transition to remote work easier. For some, listening to music can help, and while not all genres&nbsp;feel&nbsp;productive,&nbsp;listening to your favorite podcasts or even white noise can help&nbsp;you&nbsp;stay attentive and dedicated to&nbsp;your&nbsp;work.&nbsp;Headphones provide another outlet for fun in the workplace: music. Even the traditional usage of headphones can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cloudcovermusic.com\/music-at-work-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increase connections between coworkers and their&nbsp;employers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcorps-dev.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" \/><figcaption>CloudCover&nbsp;Music survey of social impact while listening to music in&nbsp;the&nbsp;workplace.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headphones, whether working in or out of office, are&nbsp;becoming an&nbsp;essential part of&nbsp;our&nbsp;workday.&nbsp;As we move further and further into the digital age, headphones&nbsp;have turned into&nbsp;necessity in the workplace.&nbsp;So instead of hearing that coworker\u2019s&nbsp;conversation across the office, phones ringing on desks, and, yes, even those lovely construction guys in the office above yours, pop in some headphones, take a deep breath, and&nbsp;get your brain to work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in an office and, more recently, remotely, can pose a multitude of distractions for people who need to focus. 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