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I am looking for heaphones/earplugs or any other device which will cancel out all the outside noise. I DO NOT want to listen to music/white noise/nature sounds or anything else. I want perfect silence in my ears.

I have tried the following :

  1. I have noise blocking headphones with a NRR rating of 33db
  2. I have foam earplugs (which expand in your ear) from Hearos
  3. I have Bose QC 25 noise cancelling headphones.

I usually wear my ear plugs and on top of that I wear my headphones and start active noise cancellation. That clears out most of the noise but I can still hear people talking in a muffled tone.

I want to eradicate all noise. I don't mind paying a large amount for the device (it might be a special medical device as well). I am planning to meet an audiobiologist as well, but first thought of asking for help on the internet. I have read several articles online for complete noise blocking but I could not find an answer to my question.

Please don't spam with answers that ask me to do the things that I have specifically mentioned that I won't do (e.g. listen to white, brown or pink noise, listen to music in a different language so that I don't understand the words, nature sounds, chatter blocker. I want nothing to be played. I want perfect silence.)

Thank you in advance.

EDIT:

If you do not have a device in mind, please tell me how I can find such a device. Where should I go? A specialist in this area would be an audiobiologist, is there any other type of doctor/specialist that I can consult.

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You can block noise only to a certain level. Your body (e.g. skull) will always transfer a minimal amount of noise to you ears. There are even noises transmitted through your nose and mouth, as both have small "channels" to you ear.

What works fine for me is the Howard Leight Sync which is a drummers headphone with optional music playback.

But remember, the better the noise blocking, the louder you hear your blood and pulse...