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Does anyone use custom-made earplugs for noise protection? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by adhd_traco@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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Heya,

I'm very noise sensitive, which is mainly an issue at night when I try to sleep.
I've been told I should get custom-made earplugs, as those over-the-counter don't really do anything for me.

Does anyone have experience with this? As I'm having trouble finding good resources.
I also live in a country without good quality products of just about anything, so I've been thinking of getting like the shape of my ear scanned here, and then sending it to a place in Europe that would create these earplugs for me.

Thanks for any help!

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

those over-the-counter don’t really do anything for me.

Have you tried the rubber kind? I used a pair of these for a while and they worked great - I also had issues with most earplugs - those foam ones tend to fall out or just sit in a weird position so that sound still gets in.

The tether can be removed from the linked ones - you won't need it, especially if it's just for sleep.

They have a little port you can open that will let some sound in, so you can dampen noise but still hear things like an alarm clock.

...speaking of, sleeping through the alarm did happen a couple times. I ended up cobbling together a custom alarm clock with a wall outlet timer and an obnoxiously bright outdoor floodlight aimed right at my head. When it came time to wake up, I'd get blasted with light - 100% effective, no sound needed. ...not the most peaceful way to wake up though, lol. Nowadays you can get 'sunrise alarm clocks' that do basically the same thing, but with actual gradient transitions in frequency and intensity, so you get complete darkness that phases into that red/orange sunrise color, then continues to phase to full strength white light. I kinda like the 0 to 100 route to instantly jolt me awake, but there are lots of options.