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Personally, I benefited greatly from investing in a quality pair of noise cancelling headphones, and I use them regularly both in an open office situation, and
by thsowers 8y ago
Personally, I benefited greatly from investing in a quality pair of noise cancelling headphones, and I use them regularly both in an open office situation, and at home if other distracting activity is going on.
Apparently our brains can only decode ~1.5 conversations at a time, and noise that is distracting you, whether from TV commercials or others speaking, takes up valuable bandwidth.
- moviuro 8y agoAt my place we got Active Noise Canceling Headphones as part of the default IT package (with a phone, laptop, extra screens, etc.). OP should probably ask around if others at their office have the same issues, and if so make it known up the chain of command. FWIW though, before we had our ANC headphones, I brought my own headphones at work, just as I bought a mouse pad and a mouse for work. Input/Output peripherals (actually, anything that is NOT storage) is less of a security threat, and you can pick whatever fits you best..!