Galaxy Buds reportedly exploded in a user's ear causing permanent hearing loss

Wired earbuds:<p>- have better sound quality<p>- have less latency<p>- are cheaper<p>- can&#x27;t get lost as easily<p>- weight less<p>- don&#x27;t need to be charged<p>Wireless earbuds:<p>- don&#x27;t have cables that get tangled<p>- rarely explode inside your ear causing permanent hearing loss

The affiliate ad for Samsung Galaxy Buds at the end of the article… chef&#x27;s kiss!

There are supplements&#x2F;medicines which can help recover from sudden hearing loss, eg caused by loud noises - the sooner taken, the better. It&#x27;s best to get advice from a doctor (I&#x27;m a random person online) but I&#x27;ve read about N-acetylcysteine (NAC), and apparently steroids are also a go-to treatment by doctors. NAC in particular is available without a prescription (as a dietary supplement). So if you think your hearing might have been injured, don&#x27;t wait.<p>(I also don&#x27;t want people to read this and just think taking only NAC without asking your doctor what the best treatment is, is a good idea; since it may depend on the cause. Probably taking NAC is safe if you can&#x27;t get to a doctor right away).

&quot;reportedly&quot;<p>&quot;a user revealed on the Samsung Community forum&quot;<p>I can&#x27;t help but think this article is some dumb sensationalist media piece trying to clickbait based on earlier tragic events.

&gt; They said the earbuds were brand new and never charged, only used with the preexisting battery capacity out of the box<p>Seems like an early failure which is where most products are the most dangerous. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bathtub_curve" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bathtub_curve</a><p>Always be weary of new gear.

Good grief, it would be Samsung, wouldn&#x27;t it.

It would be interesting to know more about it, verify it&#x27;s true.<p>The girlfriend&#x27;s boy should contact newspaper agency, not freaking Samsung forum... Because if it&#x27;s true, i believe many people would be interested to know if we got another mini Galaxy note 4 in the ear.

Totally faked, imo.<p>It&#x27;s only someone claiming it on the forum and if you look at the pictures, the case looks like it&#x27;s been hit up with some passes of a lighter rather than the battery rupturing...<p>I feel like we would have heard about it happening more than once by this time. Also I&#x27;m not sure that the small 60mah cell in it has enough energy to do that much melting either.

Well that&#x27;s probably a plus for all the headphones with the battery in the stem. Never thought about it that way.

I can&#x27;t believe Android Police has a link at the end of the article, directing you to Amazon so you can go and buy your very own pair of Exploding Galaxy Buds lol

I think Samsung saying, hey chill, they just deformed and didn&#x27;t explode, sort of misses the point. I wouldn&#x27;t want a little Roman Candle going off in my ear either, which is how batteries usually fail.

I like the affiliate link to buy the buds, at the bottom of the story about them exploding.<p>Sign of the times…

Are we ever going to get a safer replacement for Li-ion batteries in small electronics?

&gt; Samsung device battery explodes, said device being literally inside the ear of the user.<p>&gt; Also Samsung: The affected user mentioned in the community post that Samsung offered a new pair of earbuds as a gesture of “good faith,” but refuted the claims of the earbuds exploding.

I love the over-the-back-of-the-neck earbuds, specifically the ones from OnePlus that turn off if you use the magnet to turn them off. I don&#x27;t think they are popular, so I&#x27;ve ordered a few for when they eventually stop getting made.

Mossad are taking this too far now...

Gods I hate it when they use &quot;exploded&quot; to describe battery cascade events.<p>These are not bombs (like the pagers), batteries in consumer products flare and catch fire they do not &quot;Explode&quot;.<p>There is a very big difference.