Hedge Posted May 30, 2017 Report Posted May 30, 2017 I am going to be taking my 3 year old up with me on vacation. I have bose A20 and AVG headsets. They are way too big for her to wear without falling off. Earplugs are too big for her ears. Any suggestions? I would really like her to be able to hear us as well, so she isn't isolated and scared to fly. Any suggestions? We go in a couple of weeks.
bonal Posted May 30, 2017 Report Posted May 30, 2017 hi Hedge, big difference between an infant and a three year old. lots of headsets available for small kids. not sure what is available for an infant. good luck
jasona900 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Posted May 30, 2017 I use these for my daughter: https://www.amazon.com/Baby-EMBB-Hearing-Protection-Years/dp/B007BEIKGO?th=1 Been using them since her first flight at 3 weeks old. She's 8 months now, and doesn't seem to mind them. I know your daughter won't be able to hear you, but as a last resort, at least it will protect her hearing.
AaronDC8402 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Posted May 30, 2017 My son is on his second set of Baby Banz. He used the infant set on his first flight at 9 months old and several flights since then. At 2 1/2, he's just now outgrowing the infant size Baby Banz, and he has a larger than average head. We also put cotton balls in his ears along with the muffs. He isn't always compliant with keeping the ear muffs on, so the cotton balls are an extra layer of protection. Wearing your headset around the house a couple times with the kid wearing the ear muffs can help get the child accustomed to wearing them before you get in the plane. I think it'll be a few more years before I let my son wear anything that plays any audio at all. At 2 1/2, I don't trust his ability to tell me if the sound level in his headphones is too loud or not. I would hate to be blaring cockpit audio, autopilot disconnect beep, and gear warning horn into his ears. Based on my relatively limited experience with kids, I don't think I would trust that judgement until the kid is 7 or 8. 1
Culver LFA Posted May 30, 2017 Report Posted May 30, 2017 My daughter has been wearing children's Peltor shooting ear muffs since she was born, she is 4 now. The shooting ear muffs are really adjustable from new born to toddler head sizes. She likes to sit in the plane wearing my headset and play 'pilot' when we are down at the hangar, recently I powered up the intercom and she was shocked that she could hear herself talking in the microphone! I think it might be time to switch her over to an aviation headset now, now that she knows we can talk to each other I don't have a choice!
bradp Posted May 31, 2017 Report Posted May 31, 2017 3 month old or 3 year old? My daughter first flew with us at age 3 months. We used the baby banz. Once she became aware of her world and wanted to communicate, we used pilot USA kids headsets. She has a pink set she loves. Foam earplugs she occasionally favors (green roll up ones you can buy at a pharmacy). The headset has a mic which can be a good and bad thing. A tantrum over your intercom while flying necessitates the isolate button. It also has a jack for standard headphones so we can pipe Frozen or some such through her headset alone. I may have also used the pink headphones once or twice when I broke mine. :-) The pink headphones are a bit big on a toddler but are manageable and give cute squishy face pictures until they grow into them.
Hedge Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Posted May 31, 2017 She is a toddler. LOL. She is 3 years old, and seems like an infant. They grow up fast. Thanks for the advice. I will check out the kids headphones.
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