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Noise Cancelling Headphones

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Got myself a pair of these and trying them out for the first time (just in my flat). No noise from the outside world, no rattling of radiators or boilers ticking over. Have a strangely calm sensation in my head which is hard to describe. 


Only uncovered what I strongly believe to be autism just over a week ago with my therapist, but I’m collecting more and more data every day that supports the discovery. Completely blindsided me if I’m honest but my response has been mostly positive so far.

There is definitely a little bit of grief behind it, but for the first time in my life the noise in my head and the tension in my body has been turned right down. I said to my therapist yesterday it’s like someone has handed me the instruction manual to my brain. Still lots of stuff to figure out but it’s a huge relief to finally have some answers after all these years.

Anyway, excuse my little tangent. The noise cancelling headphones are a good purchase it seems!

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  • I just bought alpine silence earbuds. You can still hear conversations close by, but much less of the other noises that we just can’t turn our brains off to. 

  • in reply to Mads

    Do you need something like a smart phone to use these? It's other peoples noises and conversations that I don't want to hear and yet every noise cancelling headphones seem to allow the human voice, I'd like to be able to hear the birds singing, not the neighbours kids screeming, but I know thats not going to happen. I find it really hard to tune out other peoples conversations.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Not at all they are tech free. They just reduce the decibel level enough to hear conversation in front of you and to lessen the exterior noise. E.g. I went to a garden centre café with my folks and without my earbuds I wouldn't have even been able to walk into the garden centre, let alone the café. I like the little hard shell carry case you can attach the rubber loop to any set of keys. One bonus of hiding in the café was the café owners daughter also has autism he came to chat to my dad and then gave me a wedge of a lemon curd pie. The power of the buds with absolutely no power lol

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Not at all they are tech free. They just reduce the decibel level enough to hear conversation in front of you and to lessen the exterior noise. E.g. I went to a garden centre café with my folks and without my earbuds I wouldn't have even been able to walk into the garden centre, let alone the café. I like the little hard shell carry case you can attach the rubber loop to any set of keys. One bonus of hiding in the café was the café owners daughter also has autism he came to chat to my dad and then gave me a wedge of a lemon curd pie. The power of the buds with absolutely no power lol

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