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Struggling with noise sensitivity

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I have been struggling with noise sensitivity since a really young age and this affects me in daily life. I have tried numerous different noise cancellation headphones however I cannot sit in the same room as someone eating. I can’t stand sitting in a room when there’s a clock in it. I was wondering if anyone else experiences this and has found effective ways to deal with it.
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  • Yeah, I have the clock thing. It's like how I imagine Chinese water torture to be. I used to be able to hear my last analogue watch tick when it was by my side and at just the right angle. My mother has a tick-y clock in her living room and I take out the battery when I'm visiting. Buzzing and humming noises also get me all wound up.

    At night, I often wear foam earplugs and I find them very good—much better than N/C headphones, I can hardly hear a thing (e.g., a smoke alarm). You can buy them in bulk at DIY stores, builders' merchants, online, etc. These foam plugs can reduce noise levels by 30-40 dB compared to the 15-20 dB of N/C headphones or those really expensive Loop earplugs. Decibels are a logarithmic scale, so that's a difference of 100 times the sound level, not twice.

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  • Yeah, I have the clock thing. It's like how I imagine Chinese water torture to be. I used to be able to hear my last analogue watch tick when it was by my side and at just the right angle. My mother has a tick-y clock in her living room and I take out the battery when I'm visiting. Buzzing and humming noises also get me all wound up.

    At night, I often wear foam earplugs and I find them very good—much better than N/C headphones, I can hardly hear a thing (e.g., a smoke alarm). You can buy them in bulk at DIY stores, builders' merchants, online, etc. These foam plugs can reduce noise levels by 30-40 dB compared to the 15-20 dB of N/C headphones or those really expensive Loop earplugs. Decibels are a logarithmic scale, so that's a difference of 100 times the sound level, not twice.

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