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Old 09-17-2004, 06:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Living at home (and NOT bitching)

I am a college student who is living with his parents to save money. My little brother makes this whole living arrangement worse by being a noisy little brat. It is very loud here and it sucks, especially when I'm reading for class.

Anyways.

I need earplugs/earmuffs or some other noise protection device. Can anyone recommend a good, comfortable pair that blocks out as much sound as possible?
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Old 09-17-2004, 06:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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they're expensive - but I have a set of BOSE
http://www.bose.com/controller?event...adphones_index

(I don't remember where I bought mine, but I bought the floor model for 1/2 price - -and are worth every penny- I use them on the plane all the time and it gets really quiet)

Most music stores have the noise reduction headphones, the ones I've seen are starting at 100 bucks
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Old 09-17-2004, 07:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Why not just find a better place to read? Or you can practice focusing techniques. I'm also a college student who's living at home with his parent (and also not bitching), and I have two younger brothers. Now they're not really annoying, per se, but they do make a lot of noise. There are places to read, just look.
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Old 09-17-2004, 07:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Why not just find a better place to read? Or you can practice focusing techniques. I'm also a college student who's living at home with his parent (and also not bitching), and I have two younger brothers. Now they're not really annoying, per se, but they do make a lot of noise. There are places to read, just look.
I take it you don't live in a two-bedroom apartment.
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Old 09-17-2004, 11:29 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I just end up studying at the skool's library. Theres an area where there is absolutely no noise, so I get all the work I wanna do done
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Old 09-18-2004, 12:29 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I take it you don't live in a two-bedroom apartment.
Funny thing is, I DO live in a two-bedroom apartment. My dad sleeps in one room, my bro's in the other, and I sleep on the floor in the living room on a mattress.
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Old 09-18-2004, 06:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Funny thing is, I DO live in a two-bedroom apartment. My dad sleeps in one room, my bro's in the other, and I sleep on the floor in the living room on a mattress.
That's funny. I actually have my own room, and my brother sleeps in my parents' room, on a different bed. But the walls and doors aren't soundproof. I need something that will completely isolate me from the outside world when I am reading.
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Old 09-18-2004, 12:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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My walls aren't sound-proof either. The TV is always on in the living room... I dunno. I can just block noises out at will so I can read. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
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Old 09-19-2004, 05:04 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Yeah, my sister and I share a room so it can be difficult. I don't know of any earphones/muffs actually, but do you have any bookstores nearby? Those can be awesome when you need to read and work for awhile.
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Old 09-19-2004, 05:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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You can always go down to the hardware store and pick up some ear plugs. I work different shifts sometimes and these let me sleep while everyone else is running around the house.
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Old 09-19-2004, 06:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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You can always go down to the hardware store and pick up some ear plugs. I work different shifts sometimes and these let me sleep while everyone else is running around the house.
I bought some foam earplugs from Walgreens, and they seem to work reasonably well.
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Old 10-03-2004, 10:13 AM   #12 (permalink)
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If you're still looking for headphones, try Headroom. They are expensive compared to the stuff you find in wal-mart and Target, but some of the in-the-ear-canal headphones are capable of blocking 20dB+ of sound.
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