After years of riding I swear the wind noise has damaged my hearing. Not only that, I like to listen to podcasts (with either Airpods or Shokz) on my way to/from work on the bikepath and it’s nearly impossible to do with the perpetual headwind on my commute.
I’ve tried these AirStreamz (which look ridiculous, but I’m too old to care these days) and they do a decent job at reducing wind noise (probably 30% reduction), but not good enough.
Has anyone else found a better solution?
I apologize in advance. Have you tried one of these to help keep air flow attached further behind your ears?
Putting over my head might be the solution
I tried a bunch of things - little flaps over the ears, noise reducing AirPods, small deflectors on the straps (different than the Elvis sideburns). None of those helped much. The airstreamz get the best results I think.
Just gonna have to ride slower 
Watching with interest.
I have also tried DIY cats ears but didn’t find they worked well enough to justify the look. 
Despite having terrible hearing loss I still find wind noise is overbearing.
I’m very jealous of my ride buddies who can converse at speed. I can’t head diddly squat.
Perversely I think my hearing loss doesn’t cut the wind noise frequencies so it makes it worse for me.
OTOH, thankfully it seems I can still hear approaching vehicles about as well as the people around me. 
UCI have just banned helmets covering ears but I wonder if said helmets helped with this issue at all?
There may be a glut of used or NOS helmets on the market soon that contravene this rule so it might be an opportunity?
I use WindBlox and it does ok, though certainly doesn’t reduce wind noise by the 80% claimed. Time for a comparison article.
It doesn’t take much to reduce the wind noise….to see how simple it is, take your index finger and align it with your front strap and just place it there for a few seconds. Substantial reduction in wind noise.
I have heard of people sewing a small bit of foam backer rod onto their helmets to reduce the noise. Never tried it, but the “finger test” indicates it should work.
I haven’t tried the POC Procen Air, but I do have the Kask Nirvana. Was hoping it would reduce the wind noise, but if anything, it may be slightly worse. 
The POC Procen Air reduces wind noise for me in most scenarios. Some of it relies on your position. The TT5 is pretty good at this as well, but pretty hot and sweaty.
I had no luck with those airstreams, and I found them uncomfortable.
There used to be a company that made a plastic shield that filled in the triangle between the helmet straps, but they’re long gone. That seems like it would work better. And it shouldn’t be too hard to make something equivalent, especially with 3D printing.
I tried the CatEars. They definitely helped, but I couldn’t get past how stupid I looked.
It is amazing the number of times I have seen a similar comment posted….this product is the epitome of “Tried it, seemed to work, looked too stupid”
The company clearly has identified a problem that requires solving but yet they refuse to address the central issue re: their product.
Perhaps the additional noise can be attributed to your vastly increased speed with the helmet!
This reminded me of an article from James from 10-15 years ago. I pulled it up, and sure enough it was 13 years ago and about Cat Ears! I’m a little surprised to see the product is still on the market…and as VeloBouf points out, too bad they’re so out of touch with the market. A good designer armed with that patent might very well be able to create something great.
It can’t be that hard to make them invisible. 
You just just need to make them out of 3D printed Titanium, anodized them in fancy colors, claim some aero benefit, charge $400 for them and they will fly off the shelf.
I have big ears. They catch the wind. At anything over 20mph the only thing I can hear is wind. 15 mph is not too bad. 10 against the wind is deafening. Foam ear plugs work for wind noise, but then I can’t hear anything.
I have a pair of Shure Aonic wired ear buds. If I use the yellow foam sleeves and get them pretty far into my ears they block most of the wind and sound great. It’s kinda of a pain being wired and they cost quite a bit. Plus you can’t hear any outside noise.
All those wind deflectors do nothing.
Maybe a full face helmet would work. 
Almost forgot this option : If it’s cold enough here in Texas I have a fleece head band that covers my ears. It was hard to find one that was not too thick . It’s just wide enough to cover my ears.
Your choice of helmet makes a massive difference. I chose my last helmet because the previous one was fecking terrible with wind noise. I rode up and down outside the bike shop trying to emulate the effect. In my experience road helmets do better than the chunky MTB styled ones. Its probably a lot like aero testing your bike, will depend on riders head shape, ear profile, ear-hair etc. Looks like you have a road based helmet anyway Wade, but poking your finger in your ear (while wearing shokz) seems to conduct the noise into your ear. Just remember to pull the finger out for braking.
