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Ear plugs and heavy duty curtains should help.

• closeparen 9y ago
  Ear plugs aren’t magic. They are appropriate to make dangerous noise levels tolerable, but don’t do much to remove the distracting information encoded in already-moderate sounds. They also reflect the sounds of my own body back into me, which practically guarantees insomnia. A white noise source is much more effective. (I use a box fan). Still not great against bass-heavy music next door but makes me pretty much impervious to street noise.
• lsc 9y ago
  well, for me over-ear hearing protection is much more comfortable for long-term use. putting things in my ear, plugs or earbuds tends to get kinda nasty due to how i sweat. Like most people around here, I work in an open plan office, so most of my actual work is done with my '3m worktunes' hearing protector earphones on. That said, I'll pay a considerable premium to not have to sleep with them on. (for that matter, I'd pay a reasonable premium to not have to use them at the office, but as far as I can tell, that deal isn't available to me.) curtains do help, in my experience, but not nearly as much as modern construction does.