New! Hibermate Headband With Sound-Reducing Ear Muffs for Studying, Musicians with 2 Sets of Ear Cushions. Can help Autism, SPD, Drummers etc.

I live in a noisy household, with two little boys on the autism spectrum. I was looking for something to take the "edge" off when a meltdown's underway. The screaming can be intense, and pounding headaches usually ensue. This item was perfect. It blocks out enough noise to give my ears a reprieve, but I'm still able to function and look after my children. It's also great for my littles when they're feeling overwhelmed. Sensory issues are a real challenge--and loud noises are triggers. The adjustable headband is comfortable and they seem to like it. Now I'm considering buying two more, just so we have some spares. Great buy from a special needs mom.

If I where to design noise muffling cups with a headband this is what I would make. Unfortunately I suck at product design. They only work well when sleeping on the back. As when one sleeps on their side the thickness of the ear covers raises the head to an uncomfortable level. They are prone to being dislodge as one moves rendering them useless and disruptive.

I had high hopes for this but it didn't work out for me. I am a light side sleeper and was hoping to block out road noise at night. This was packaged well and the company answered all my questions previous to purchase. The product met all the descriptions put forth by the manufacturer. The problems for me were that even though the cups are pretty soft I just could not get used to sleeping on my side with them pressing into my head even with a very soft and expensive latex pillow. The headband is secure and good quality but to block out enough sound to get to sleep you have to put it pretty tight and it gets uncomfortable. As Hibernate indicates it does not block out all noise and you may have to use it in conjunction to ear plugs but I do believe if you can get used to the sensation of having something on your head while you sleep it should block out enough noise to help you get to sleep. Probably would work nicely for air travel to dull engine noise if you don't mind having something on your head. I have since bought a white noise machine that drowns out noise enough to help me relax and it works pretty well and came out to 25$ with coupons at Bed Bath and Beyond. It's called the LectroFan. Good luck to all those restless sleepers out there.

I bought these to take to India with me, thinking they would help on the long plane ride over and when I had to sleep with a roommate in hotels. I did not buy bigger noise reduction headphones as I thought the soft sides of these things might be okay for side sleepers like myself. Well, these proved to be useless. And, yes, I tried them in all different configurations and sitting or sleeping positions. The low end of their rating claims a 30% percent reduction in external noise. Which, in retrospect, does not seem like much anyway. Perhaps that was the tip off that I should not have purchased them.Unfortunately, I was gone long enough on my trip that my Window to Return (30 days) as offered by Amazon is now over. So, I'll trash them. I do not know what this manufacturer was thinking. Here's a suggestion to them: put them on and sit ten feet away from your tv with the sound at a moderately low level. Do you hear every word clearly? Yes. so do I. A big disappointment.

I usually use a sound machine or fan to make white noise as I sleep, but I have a camping trip with family coming up and I thought a power-free alternative would be good - and I really hate putting things in my ears, so I don't want to use earplugs.The sound-muffling is about as expected - I can still hear things going on around me, but there's enough dampening that I find it much easier to tune out ambient noise and go to sleep. New or intermittent sounds like my husband's relatively soft snoring didn't bother me through either set of ear muffs.I like that there are two different models of ear pieces (and the sellers contacted me separately to make sure I had instructions for swapping them out, since they forgot to put those in the box). I found the flatter ones slightly better at sound-muffling and the donut ones slightly more comfortable, but I'm sure everyone will have their own preference.The headband and the muff pieces seem high-quality. The velcro closure on the headband gives some ability to adjust size.I didn't find the ear muffs super comfortable for sleeping, as I'm often a side-sleeper, but they did help me *get* to sleep (they were comfortable enough as I laid on my back), and if I woke up enough in the wee hours to take the headband off, I found it pretty easy to drift back into sleep again, as both ambient sounds and my brain were quieter by then. I think it'll be get me through my camping trip, but I'm glad I don't have to give up my noise app/fan for day-to-day use.

My 6th grader uses these to block excessive noise in the classroom when she is concentrating on work or a test. She has tried several traditionaltypes of Boise cancelling headphones and found them all too tight on her head. She loves these and while they are not 100 percent noise cancelling, they bring the. Pose to an acceptable level for her to focus. Thank you for this product! Would like to see additional bands come out in other colors and patterns and maybe the words. It so blatant.

I really wanted these to work! Very comfortable for sleeping but did not block out enough sound. The headband slipped off my forehead down to my eyes, no matter how I strapped it. I understand there is a new model in the works for the headband to make it more adjustable and have slightly better noise reduction.