Professional translator
(I'm new to this stuff so I am trying to deliver an understandable request) I'm a translation student for 4 languages and my major requires A LOT of listening. I need the audios to be clear word for word without any sort of interference coming from the device itself. Plus, it would be definitely better for it to have a noise cancelation feature. It doesn't need to be a gaming type really cuz my focus is on translation.
However, due to the unhealthy amount of time I listen to stuff using old gen airpods, I've noticed that it has been causing me a lot of trouble with pain in my eardrums and earwax buildup (which I have to clean almost everyday or 2) which is not a good thing when I need to be listening clearly to what is said surrounding translation and the feeling really bothers me. So, I thought switching to headphones might solve these problems considering I've never had any trouble when I used to own those wired earphones.
I would really appreciate any recommendations of headphones with a long battery life, noise cancelation, clear audio, and isn't dramatically as big as the Airpod max one cuz it looks hideous in my opinion and will probably keep slipping idk :,)