Which acoustic phenomenon causes destructive interference in noise-canceling headphones?

💡 Explanation

Destructive interference eliminates noise signals by superposition via phase opposition, because the introduced anti-phase waves cancel the external sound waves. Therefore, noise is reduced, rather than amplified by resonance or altered by diffraction or refraction given uniform environmental conditions.

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