0 a device with a part to cover each ear through which you can listen to music, radio broadcasts, etc. without other people hearing --
1 a device with parts that cover each ear through which you can listen to something, such as music, without other people hearing --
An example is when you hear a sound inside your head when you listen to music through stereo headphones.
Each judge performed the ratings at their workplaces with the use of a high-quality recorder and a pair of headphones.
The sentences were presented over headphones in six randomized blocks, with each block containing all participants' renditions of the same sentence.
A rendered scene can be reproduced either with loudspeakers or with headphones.
One reason for this is that it is possible to use headphones in reproduction.
Headphones could not be used, because of the possible need for warning shouts at a hazardous place of work.
In another piece the performer has to try re-creating the sounds emanating from a computer which only he hears on headphones.
A subclavicular ground was used instead of mastoid or earlobe leads since the subjects wore headphones during the recording.