How Can You Hear Music on a Phone Without Speakers?

You hear music on a phone without speakers because the phone sends tiny vibrations to your ears. Imagine you have a drum and you tap it gently, that’s how your headphones work. Inside them, there's something like a little drum that moves really fast when your phone plays music, sending sound waves into your ear. That’s why you hear the music even though there are no big speakers.

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  1. A little drum inside your headphones moves very fast to make you hear music
  2. You press play on your phone and vibrations travel through tiny wires into your ears
  3. The tiny drum in the headphone acts like a speaker, even though it’s really small

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