We tend to focus here at sleepandsnoringaids.com on how a person can stop snoring. This is something to be aimed for, and a snoring aid can usually help to reduce the frequency and the volume of either you or your partner’s snores, but is there another solution? If a person’s snoring isn’t a symptom of something worse, how about just blocking the sound of it out and going to sleep?
There are those people who find that, for whatever reason, it’s simply easier to just pop in some earplugs and go to bed in blissful silence, now oblivious to their Partner’s Snores. This can work for a number of reasons- ear plugs are commonly available, in either the basic foam versions that a person would use to keep water out in a swimming pool, or in a variety of moulded versions which can be fitted to the shape of your ear for comfort.
I myself use some moulded plugs which were originally intended for surfers, and were recommended to me by a drum shop as protection against hearing loss whilst practising and performing music.
They’re comfortable, and work very well for their intended purpose. I also found that they’ve worked well when I want to block out extraneous noise when having trouble sleeping. Please note that I’m not saying that I sleep with someone whose snoring is comparable to a rock band in full flight (I don’t think I’d be sleeping with them for much longer if I did say that!) but it certainly makes low level snoring, or outside noise, a lot easier to deal with.
This, of course, is personal anecdote, and what works for one person won’t always work for others. Some people find wearing earplugs for long periods uncomfortable, or that they don’t like being unable to hear the sounds of the room around them. It’s also true that if someone has a potentially serious condition like Sleep Apnea, then the last thing you as their partner should be doing is shutting your ears to them and ignoring it. For some, however, earplugs are a simple and effective way to get a good night’s sleep free from your partner’s snoring.
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