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Do you need complete silence to read books? (lemmy.asudox.dev)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I often find myself reading something on the bus or subway, but then not understand anything I read. This seems to be because of the constant noises. Not even instrumental music helps, as that distracts me as well and also does not always match the theme of the book.

The best working one in noisy places seems to be white noise, with complete silence being the best overall. How do yall handle such situations?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have tinnitus that makes concentrating on anything in complete silence absolutely aggravating. The tiniest bit of background noise makes it so I don't notice it anymore, so I generally have an instrumental playing when I need to focus on something like homework or reading.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

LOL, I kinda like the tinnitus. Mine is either on the low end, or it just doesn't bother my brain.

Sometimes I'm reading in bed, twist my ear into the pillow just right, "eeeeeeee". I pause and think, "Neat! There it go!", and start reading again. Like I have a volume knob in my head to squelch it.

Y'all talking about tinnitus got me thinking. Is that why I'm uncomfortable without the white noise of my little computer rack or bedroom fan? Or is 25-years of IT work telling me, "silence BAD!" Honestly don't know.