A headphone apparatus with selectable sound admission is described including an earphone apparatus. The earphone apparatus includes a housing being shaped to substantially cover an ear of a wearer when the headphone apparatus is worn, a sound emitting component within the housing, a baffle member formed of a flexible, sound-insulating material in the form of an open-ended tube having an outer open end and an inner open end with a central axis through the tube, the baffle member has an open arrangement with the tube providing an open channel and a closed arrangement in which the baffle member is twisted about the central axis to form a closed neck in the baffle member thereby preventing sound from transmission through the tube, and an operating mechanism for operating switching of the baffle member between the open and closed arrangements.