People don't sleep on their foreheads, would seem like the middle would be a better place for controls.

On the plus side - they're adjustable, so you can make them as tight or loose as you like; their speakers are in the right place for my ears and they don't slip around, so I don't have to constantly re-position them; and they're WIRELESS, so I don't have to worry about hanging myself in my sleep

We are near the alley, and dumpster, as well as on the first floor