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2 HN users recommended this between 2016 and 2017, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2016 and 2017, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
This is basically the same idea as electronic ear protection of the kind typically used for shooting sports, with the addition of a directional microphone to the existing global microphone.
It works extremely well in that form factor, basically like having Superman ears. Conversations are audible, you can turn up the sensitivity to where you can hear footsteps clearly in a house, and gunshots are reduced to the level of, eg, a heavy book falling off a shelf.
https://smile.amazon.com/Howard-Leight-Amplification-Electro...
There are some hearing protection earmuffs that allow you to plug in music players such as these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001T7QJ9O/
I bought these a while ago and while the sound quality is not the greatest they will block a lot of sound. They also have microphones so you can listen to conversations without taking them off (useful for protecting hearing in dangerously noisy environments - not that useful in an office).