I have chronic tinnitus. I listened to way too much loud music in my youth.
My house is quiet right now and the ringing is so loud.
One thing I hate about having to wear ear plugs to sleep is the tinnitus sounds worse.

The medical scientist who can cure tinnitus is going to make billions.

Light sleeper here. Ive tried earplugs and other than being uncomfortable when laying on them I swear they make me considerably more hot at night.
White noise I can deal with as long as its constant so I now sleep with a dyson fan even in the winter just for the noise.

This is definitely one of the stranger things for a spammer to join ST and post some links on an old thread about.

I'm not a spammer, I'm a communist.

I just drink until I pass out. Works a charm.

Yep! Kids today - I think - are being smarter about playing with powerful amps & huge speakers*


I've heard** good things about CBD, but haven't tried it out yet

https://www.healthyhearing.com/...n-cbd-treat-tinnitus

https://www.forbes.com/...out-it/#1bac85074bd9





* Maybe because they do everything on their laptops now and don't need to blow the doors off the garage anymore
** Pun intended

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I hope people don't mind me adding to this old thread but I am kind of desperate when it comes to sleeping right now. Lockdown has not helped me with getting a decent night's kip!


Does anybody here successfully where earplugs at night for sleeping? I've tried a couple of pairs of foam ones and they always fall out within hours and I spend the next morning hunting around in my bed trying to find them!


I was thinking of order a earplug sample bag I would like to find the right earplugs without spending a fortune on rubbish ones. Has anybody tried any of the earplugs in these packs? Surely I can't be the only one that has this problem. It's driving me nuts - I feel knackered everyday because I can't sleep through. Any advice would be appreciated!


Sleepless Barry

Ambience app on Android, played via bluetooth through Oontz Pro speaker in our bedroom. Plus these ear plugs for my wife.

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See above comment. I accidentally replied to OP. Pay for the custom Ambience app. It's a one-time payment and cheap. We make our app noise loud. Overrides any noise around us.

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Thanks - I will take a look!

I use a device much like DrAlexHarrison mentioned

Much like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/...to-Off/dp/B00A2JBMRE

I've a very light sleeper and just about any noise will wake me up, those sounds drown out other sounds.

Great - will have a look at that too! :-)

If I’m in a noisy place I will use earplugs combined with a blackout mask and noise cancelling headphones. It works BUT I will wake myself up if I roll over because of all the gadgets over my eyes and ears.

The blackout mask makes a huge difference - it’s not a noise blocker but it really shifts me into sleep mode.

They cost (a lot) more than earplugs, but a lot of folks swear by Bose Sleepbuds.

I have a pair and like them with some caveats, as I'm strictly a side sleeper. Bose claims that they're comfortable enough for side sleepers, and that's true in my case. But whichever side I'm sleeping on causes the bud to shift around a bit, and that is too distracting to me. My compromise is to only sleep with one bud at a time — whichever side is "up". Bose doesn't recommend doing that because having one ear "un-budded" compromises the sound masking properties. It does, but that ear is also pressed against the pillow so there's some sealing from that pressure. Cranking the volume up in the other ear helps as well. The other inconvenience is when I switch sides, I have to remove one bud and insert another, but that's turned out not to be a big deal.

Bottom line: if my wife is lightly snoring, the one bud approach works fine. If she's really going at it, though, it's the couch.

Another vote for the LaserLite ear plugs

I also use an Amazon Echo with Sleep Sounds: Rainforest Sounds