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Yes. I loves me some background noise when I'm working on something (or sleeping). It helps me concentrate.
Background noise
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I don't need background noise to do anything, but I don't really have a big problem with it either if it's there. I definitely do not like to sleep with a lot of noise, but can do it when I must.
I really like having music on, preferably instrumental, while I work. With a toddler in the house, I'm getting a lot better at blocking out background noise. Thomas the Tank Engine's whistle, though, cuts through everything, every time.
1) More that provided by a "quiet" area of a library is too much.
2) I don't mind it. The only time that I do is when it's in the form of dark/raunchy/flaming content that's being listened to by someone else in the room. Then I put on my headphones.
3) I need dead silence to sleep. Rain out my window dripping into puddles and the central heat/AC system in the house are tolerable
When I'm on the computer, I have the TV on. It's not really a distraction - in fact, there are times when I've failed to notice that something I wanted to watch was on and I've missed it, or I'm late in changing the channel. Right now, though, I'm typing this while watching the Leafs game (it's 3-1 for the Leafs, over Montreal, with less than a minute left in the third period 
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At work, though, I prefer silence. I get very focused and have at times jumped in my chair when someone has come up behind me and I didn't see or hear them coming.
I have no trouble sleeping - though I sometimes have trouble falling asleep. Once I am asleep, though, I can sleep through anything, including my alarm. I had the alarms set for 11:15 and 11:30 this morning so that I could get to a 1pm meeting, and I woke up at 1:41 when our chairman texted me to ask where I was. During the week, I have 5 alarms set and I still sometimes don't wake up for another hour.
).At work, though, I prefer silence. I get very focused and have at times jumped in my chair when someone has come up behind me and I didn't see or hear them coming.
I have no trouble sleeping - though I sometimes have trouble falling asleep. Once I am asleep, though, I can sleep through anything, including my alarm. I had the alarms set for 11:15 and 11:30 this morning so that I could get to a 1pm meeting, and I woke up at 1:41 when our chairman texted me to ask where I was. During the week, I have 5 alarms set and I still sometimes don't wake up for another hour.
I read at my computer for work; I can't have any noise while I'm reading. It's too distracting. Plus, if I'm taking phone calls from employees, since I'm a little hard of hearing, I can't have other noise in the background, or it makes it too hard for me to hear.
We live in a pretty quiet neighborhood, so I have gotten used to having a very quiet house. I like music when I'm just playing on the computer or doing housework---mindless busywork, basically. Otherwise, I don't like background noise too much.
I am also a very light sleeper, and use earplugs when I sleep. Even though my hearing is limited in one ear, I swear I can hear every bloody little sound. Hubby, on the other hand, could sleep through a air raid. I've been able to run the vacuum while he's asleep in his chair, and he didn't even stir. He, of course, has to have constant noise and turns the tv up so loud, I'm sure we've aggravated our neighbors.
We live in a pretty quiet neighborhood, so I have gotten used to having a very quiet house. I like music when I'm just playing on the computer or doing housework---mindless busywork, basically. Otherwise, I don't like background noise too much.
I am also a very light sleeper, and use earplugs when I sleep. Even though my hearing is limited in one ear, I swear I can hear every bloody little sound. Hubby, on the other hand, could sleep through a air raid. I've been able to run the vacuum while he's asleep in his chair, and he didn't even stir. He, of course, has to have constant noise and turns the tv up so loud, I'm sure we've aggravated our neighbors.
If you're anything like me, you know all the !£$£%! dialogue off by heart anyway. It's been about 5 years since TtTE last played in our house but I'm sure I could still quote the first 3 seasons' episodes verbatim, and not by choice. Autistic kids really, REALLY like repetition.
Yes, me too, although mine is a bit more than mild. I always have music on, or the television going. Aside from the tinnitus, i also have a brain that refuses to shut off, so background noise helps.
I used to listen to Holst’s “The Planets” when writing essays for school and tv sounds on low for college and law school, but preferred silence for hard-core law school studying.
But when I’m trying to listen to something, background noise throws me off--like the heater or ac going when I’m watching tv. I need the tv louder. But I’m the one who, when watching tv, will hear someone’s cell phone going off in their purse in the next room.
But when I’m trying to listen to something, background noise throws me off--like the heater or ac going when I’m watching tv. I need the tv louder. But I’m the one who, when watching tv, will hear someone’s cell phone going off in their purse in the next room.
I like to have music on or something if am reading though I went through a phase in 2008 of leaving the PC on with monitor off, playing a tv show or summit when I went to bed...waking up laughing to a Family Guy jokes did make the mornings easier.
I don't like no noise because I have slight tinnitus in my ears and no noise makes me able to hear within my ear at times.
I don't like no noise because I have slight tinnitus in my ears and no noise makes me able to hear within my ear at times.
I can't concentrate on reading if the TV's on loudly or there's music playing.
I do, but I don't get anything done while I'm doing it
I need quiet (and darkness) to sleep. Things like rain or wind don't bother me, but people talking loudly a few rooms away or next door does. The neighbour's dumpy little pond fountain (which is like a kitchen tap on full power sometimes) drove me mad for a year until I learned to live with it. Even on the hottest summer nights I can't open my window even a crack because of the noise that damn thing makes.
When I work (I telecommute most of the time), I always have the TV running. Failing that, I have music playing.
I cannot stand sleeping with the TV on, although I do need some sort of white noise. I usually have a fan running. I have a friend who prefers to sleep on his couch with the TV on. It bugs the hell out of me when I crash at his house because I have no choice to sleep on the couch (he has two) and he wont just go to bed.
I cannot stand sleeping with the TV on, although I do need some sort of white noise. I usually have a fan running. I have a friend who prefers to sleep on his couch with the TV on. It bugs the hell out of me when I crash at his house because I have no choice to sleep on the couch (he has two) and he wont just go to bed.
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