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OSTRY KC06A Inner-Ear Earphones

Aug 24, 2015

Hi folks,
This is not a post about about the quality of the product being offered. This is not a post about the price or selection. Others have made posts about these topics and, from everything I've read, this seems to be a very popular item. I cannot comment on the actual product being offered.
Rather, this post is about the title of this drop. I know it's late in the drop (it ends tomorrow), but I just saw it and felt compelled to add one small correction.
These are "in-ear" earphones. These are not "inner-ear earphones". What's the difference, you ask? "In-ear" usually refers to a product that is placed in the ear canal of the outer ear. The inner ear is a collection of specific anatomical structures including 2 vestibules, 3 semi-circular canals and the cochlea. While this might seem like a trivial distinction - some could even call it splitting hair cells - it's an important one. The closest we have to true "inner-ear" earphones would be things like cochlear implants.
IEM refers to "in [the] ear monitor". Most earbuds that push into the canal fall into this category. For hearing aids, acronyms refer to ITE (in the ear), ITC (in the canal), RIC (receiver in canal) and CIC (completely in canal).
I don't think there was any confusion about what these earbuds are. I think everyone pretty much understands these are "in (the) ear" earphones. I just wanted to call attention to the error so that it's not repeated in future descriptions. (Yes, this has been an error in past earbud descriptions.)
I realize that some may feel that I'm picking nits and perhaps I am. But I still wanted to mention this error. ;-)
Hope this illuminates, enlightens and/or adds to our collective knowledge of trivia ... never know when it will come in handy.
As you were.
Cheers.
Sources: any decent anatomy textbook and reliable references explaining commonly used acronyms for hearing aids.
Fine print: periodically edited - significant changes to content are noted, affiliations - if any - are clearly indicated, opinions are mine.

Aug 24, 2015