Managing airflow with a controllable airway earbud system

A method comprising:

• monitoring, on an electronic device that includes a communications subsystem enabling the electronic device to communicatively connect to a controllable airway earbud (CAE) device, one or more in-ear usage parameters corresponding to usage of the CAE device by a user;
• and
• in response to a monitored in-ear usage parameter exceeding a respective parameter threshold, transmitting an airflow control message to the CAE device to trigger an adjustment in a seal of the CAE device and enable airflow into a corresponding ear canal of the user.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions that when executed by a processor of an electronic device comprising a communications subsystem enabling the electronic device to communicatively connect to a controllable airway earbud (CAE) device, configure the electronic device to perform functions comprising:

• monitoring one or more in-ear usage parameters corresponding to usage of the CAE device by a user;
• and
• in response to a monitored in-ear usage parameter exceeding a respective parameter threshold, transmitting an airflow control message to the CAE device to trigger an adjustment in a seal of the CAE device and enable airflow into a corresponding ear canal of the user.