Ambient headphones or headphones to make sound quite but hear speech next to me

Hi everyone. 

I really want some headphones that help block sound but also mean I can still hear my partner talking to me. 

I've looked up ambient headphones but I'm not sure if they are quite right. 

Maybe I'm looking for something that's not bee made yet. 

Anyway if you've tried these or you have a pair that can do what I've said above please let me know. I'm feeling desperate. 

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  • So, apparently Bose and Sony are the two makes to look at for noise cancelling headphones.  In ambient mode, they will block out lower noises more effective than speech, which I think is about as close as you can get.

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  • So, apparently Bose and Sony are the two makes to look at for noise cancelling headphones.  In ambient mode, they will block out lower noises more effective than speech, which I think is about as close as you can get.

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