Im autistic. I am hyper sensitive to noise and when my neighbors play music, talk loudly or celebrate holidays it is the end of the world for me. I've tried everything. I can not sleep with headphones..I've tried ear plugs..I buy these cheap ones here in Brazil...but it is just só hard to block out noise. I suffer so much. Why can't there be earplugs that mimic being deaf? That would be perfect
I sleep with earplugs and with a pillow ontop of my ear that is not lying ontop of the pillow i lay down on. It blocks out extra noise plus it blocks out light.
Try 'Flare Titanium Isolate Pro Reusable Ear Plugs', they are the closest I have found that are reasonably comfortable to sleep in and provide the feeling of no noise. However noise will penetrate our skull and travel through bones (hence the pillow over the head trick) but these ones will stop any noise from entering the ear canal, but you will need to deal with the noise that moves through the other parts of the head. Also unfortunately they do come with a price tag....
The guys with the leaf blowers have stopped passing for a few months now, so I've retired my X5s until next fall, I wear reusable earplugs now to sleep, which provide enough isolation for the relatively low exterior city noises.
@@RawansReviews makes sense. I try to avoid plugs whenever I can since they all tend to push the earwax further into the ear. bought the X3. I read several reviews about the X5s that they are too small on the ears which leads to discomfort especially overnight. can you confirm this? the X3 are a bit more bigger on the inside. also the pressure on the head seems quite high, what do you think? thanks in advance.
@@wrkdat I definitely felt pressure and discomfort for several nights. But then either I got used to that, or the clamping force loosened a bit--so it was eventually fine for me. Of course, never got to a point where I could say the were _comfortable_, but I found the discomfort was minimal, and definitely miles better than waking up at that unearthly hour at the sound of those leaf blowers!
This is AMAZING ❤❤❤ - I have really bad audio sensitive PTSD. For years I've been sleeping with a combination of ear plugs and over ear ANC headphones which cuts out almost everything but it's quite uncomfortable as I'm a side sleeper and it may be harming my neck so I'm going to try this set up with the specialised pillow.
This is me! Ear plugs plus bulky ANC headphones which are uncomfortable but my ptsd response to noises and even silence, bc I anticipate noise is unbearable. I am looking for better ear plugs because loop and my foam ones just arent good enough and fall out
aw, I hate it that I'm so sound hypersensitive. It ruins my life :( Loops did nothing to me and the I've bought other earplugs but I can't use them because I need white (actually deep pink) sound to sleep. I saw your review about "soundcore by Anker Sleep A10 Bluetooth Sleep Earbuds". I'm thinking to try them besides the bad battery, but I couldn't understand (my english is not perfect) if I can use my own sound or I can only select from their libabry. I hope you found a solution!
I actually got more from the comments than the video itself lol. I have autism and ADHD, and sitting through videos with "filler content " is a struggle for me. Then, when you literally review only 2 earplugs! Then the rest is about why they work and headphones. The title is really misleading. I was mostly looking for some earbuds that will block out noise for my 12yo who has autism as well. He has a study hall where other students are very loud and he can't focus. He has headphones he is allowed to wear per his learning plan but he states they bother his ears. The loops don't work and he does not like anything you have to mold to fit your ear because that also causes to much sensory stimulation
3M 1100 are the best for me. I even cut 3 or 4mm off the base for comfort, since I sleep on my side, and I push them all the way in, so there's nothing hanging out. I used to be scare too, but I learned how to remove it using a little metal stick I have, it's like a nail without the point. I just slide it in by the side, and pick it out, you can do it with a bobby pin, it's very easy. A little clamp works too, but can damage the plug.
That can give you compacted ear wax and ruptured ear drum and ear infections. I stopped doing that when I started to frequently get ear pain and throbbing. Better imo to use brown / red noise (killed my sleep quality) and ear muffs should be better
Thank you so much for your generous, detailed descriptions. Very helpful and hope-sparking. I live in Boston with a loud boiler vent just across the alley. Looks like it might be just within the legal limit of 50 Decibels at night, which would mean I wouldn't have legal grounds to ask for a mute to be put on the vent. Haven't slept well since last December before the noise started and so far I haven't got the hang of Loops which fall out of my ears. I'm inspired by the two-holed pillow you showed us as well as the Howard Lie Max plugs and the
Sorry - I meant my last sentence in my comment above to read as follows: I'm inspired by the two-holed pillow as well as the Howard Leight Max plugs and the X5s.
wait how , x5a are so uncomfortable , i feel so much pressure on my skull and nerves even after wearing them for an hour , how do you wear it the whole night , also a question im trying to block out talking and screaming noises , are x5a and x4a similar in that use case , cuz i was thinking of getting x4a instead of x5a , cuz of the discomfort.
Thanks for the reviews. I find that one of the best ways to block out sound is just to put a finger in each ear. I wonder if it is the shape and structure of the fingers (and the connection to the rest of the body) that is superior to everything else? Of course you can not keep your arms in that position for long😟
The reason why the earmuffs worked is because they are rated higher at the 1000Hz frequency, which is actually where many leaf blowers are rated (not as low frequency as you thought). However it is still low enough to penetrate walls etc. So your graph is fairly correct in performance and would account for the results you found from the x5’s
Thanks i was confused when he said low frequencies travel far and penetrate more. They most certainly do not. A speaker with low bass won't be as audible as a speaker with mid or high bass. In other words its the higher frequencies that travel much further than lower
I'm looking to reduce the sound of two stroke engines passing by and the piston frequency range is from 500Hz to 3k Hz. Any earmuff that works well at that frequency range will quiten those sounds
@@johndoe-vc1we Low frequencies for sound can actually travel further than high frequencies due to their lower attenuation e.g. High-frequency sound waves lose energy more quickly as they travel through things like air or water. Also low frequencies hav a greater ability to diffract or bend around obstacles and travel through walls because of the long wavelength, while high frequencies are shorter wavelengths and they tend to reflect/ bounce off obstacles. So in this instance the 1000Hz is the frequency of a leaf blower (higher than first thought and in a range humans perceive much louder than lower frequencies) and it is still a long wavelength to penetrate and bend around walls to be annoying. 🙂
@@johndoe-vc1we Because it is a wide frequency range that has many variables and it doesn't just stay at the one frequency. You may want to consider high fidelity or custom earplugs as they often provide better frequency-specific protection. I would opt for something like the Alpine MusicSafe Pro For Musicians which has 3 interchangeable high-fidelity filter sets (for different dB and frequency protection). I would think the gold filter would provide you with a good amount of noise protection between 500Hz to 3k Hz. Let me know how you go.
@@amberl1269 i have a 3M Peltor Optime 105 arriving tomorrow. Its lighter but not very far off than the X5A in this video. I plan to wear them over a set of jabra elite 10 noise cancelling ear buds to handle street noise.
Gosh - you shoulda suggested you were going to use full over the ear defenders instead of keeping folk waiting for what they thought were going to be your findings for the best earbud type ones, which most who need noise reduction when sleeping would be looking for. Feel like you've wasted part of my life. Won't be subscribing.
I provided a solution that works, after trying many that didn’t. My face with these earmuffs is prominently displayed in the thumbnail-there was no clickbait intended. But sorry to have wasted your time.
Thanks for your great research and presentation! I'm going to try the HL and 3m! We sensitive sleepers have to stick together. Sleep enables exercises, exercises leads you to crave health foods. Exercise helps you sleep better. Sleep is the entry point to the virtuous cycle.
Thank you for a very insightful video! I am also a very light sleeper and my husband snores. I was running out of ideas and things to try. I have ordered some ear defenders so fingers crossed they will work, I'm at my wits' end!
Actually my solution had been using the Bose Sleepbuds II (discontinued) and if extra sound isolation needed I paired it with my Sony xm4's noise cancelling. Got the same issue though, as I am a side sleeper. My temporary solution was to use a travel pillow (those you use for flights) and fit my ear in the middle😅. Not ideal, but for some specific scenarios it did work. Now, I did not know those kind of pillows you show on the video were a thing! Gotta look into that. Thanks for this video!
That pillow was indeed a good surprising find! It's a shame Bose discontinued their sleep buds line--maybe in the future, when the tech is there, we'd get ones that also have ANC from Bose...!
@@Muhsine1 Hi. Couldn't find it on Amazon, but you can find it on Aliexpress here: www.aliexpress.us/item/1005006169452727.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
