Wearing over-the-ear headphones when laying on bed is a neat way to immerse yourself into a deep, relaxing sleep.
Problem is though, over-the-ear headphones are only comfy when laying on your back because it is extremely uncomfortable sleeping on your side with over-the-ears unless you literary cut out a hole in the middle of your pillow!
Even then, it isn't a good idea wearing over the ears to sleep while listening to music because you will most likely end up rolling on your side anyways, risking breaking them in the process.
The in-ear style headphones are probably the only feasible style of headphones to wear while lying in bed and going to sleep because of their small footprint.
With that said, sleeping with in-ears do come with risks like the risk of contracting otitis externa where the ear canal gets irritated when the earbud rubs against the ear canal skin.
Luckily, there are a few other in-bed listening alternatives like headband headphones and pillow speakers which is literacy a pillow with embedded speakers.
There are also other solutions such as the Resperate Soft Tones folding speaker cups which are a set of padded, fold-up speakers that you place on top of your pillow.
The advantage of Soft Tones versus a pillow speaker is the small footprint and convenience of Soft Tones which can discreetly be carried and deployed anywhere you want to go for a laydown because of the memory foam padding.
Soft Tones works even better on top of a pillow because of its fold-up design. When you rest your head Soft Tones literary folds up around the back of your head lifting and pressing the speakers against your ears ever so lightly.
Compared to the headband headphone style which wraps around your head, Soft Tones offers the freedom of having nothing attached nor inserted on your ears, making Soft Tones kinder to the ears while you sleep.
Soft Tones are wired speakers so they plug directly into the 3.5mm plug socket of a phone, mp3 player, tablet or any other audio device with 3.5mm audio jack.
A quality 1.5-meter audio male to male cable with remote control is included. The remote control features two dedicated buttons for volume up and volume down.
Overall, the Soft Tones pillow speakers are a comfortable solution for listening to music or podcasts while laying in bed. The volume can be adjusted low enough that you won't disturb someone laying next to you in bed.