#loop engage earplugs

[goldkirk]

If anyone’s been looking to get some Loop earplugs, there’s a huge sale on them on Woot today (I’m guessing it’s a stock clear out before the new seasonal editions drop soon):

It doesn’t have their newer models or the more sleek/improved Switch 2, but these are all solid models despite being a little outdated. I still wear mine all the time.

[trafficpan-ic]

Loop earplugs are the life saver i didnt know I need

Is this how other people hear?

[cultivating-wildflowers]

🎧

[stal3bread]

Do the Flare Calmers actually do anything? I have Loop Engages but I don't wear them that much because they make my voice sound so weird in my head, and regulating my volume is already something I struggle with. I like the amount they reduce noise by though. I'm thinking of getting the Flare Calmer because I've heard they don't cause that issue of your voice sounding super loud in your head with them in, but do they actually help? Do you find yourself less overstimulated when you wear them out? I don't want to spend 25 Euros on something that won't do anything.

[visdiefje]

Always so sad when a product that changes other people's daily lives doesn't do the same for you... I know everyone's different but can I be the same here please

[cripplecryptid]

Had to sell my festival ticket so now I've bought myself a pair of nice earplugs for social settings as a treat instead <3

[marylynbirds]

My birthday is next Wednesday and I celebrated with my family today bc of scheduling. I got a few books and also loop engage earplugs! I'm so excited to try them soon! I expect they will be very nice when we have to work individually in class but people are chatting. Or when I'm trying to study/work in common areas at uni or my internship!

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I’ll reblog things here and there, I have things in the queue. But I am pretty numb right now. And angry. And then numb again to save myself from my blood pressure. I feel like the next step is to just feel numb and angry and betrayed and helpless, just live on through it until I reach a different set of emotions. I don’t feel capable of feeling or doing anything else right now, and that’s okay. It’s okay to say, I will feel something more productive later. It just can’t be today.

I’m gonna remove a paragraph here that included the words “turns to ashes in their mouths.”

I misplaced my Loop earplugs several months ago, and though the budget is kind of tight, I have “splurged” on a pair of Engage 2 Plus (extra muting), so that I don’t have to hear ambient Fox News bullshit while trying to live my life. Like, that’s the kind of Productive Action I am taking today. Now I’m gonna go drink some water and take some more Tylenol for the fever I’m currently running. Take care of yourselves.

[telumendils]

and like not to give a company free advertising but loop earplugs have honestly changed my life. i can work my 9-5 and while i'm still tired at the end of the day, i'm not nearly as frazzled. my mood is much better because i'm not getting overstimulated by sound. it's wild.

the way i didn't even realize how much excess sound overstimulates me until i started using earplugs at work.

[harlantisms]

hi i really need loop earplugs for work, my therapist suggested them to help with my noise sensitivity and auditory processing disorder at work (a science museum that’s popular for field trips) but the pair that would be best for my needs (engage 2 plus) is like $45. i really cannot afford that rn, but this would make a significant difference in my work life quality, so any help would be appreciated!!

c/a: $teddybic

$71/$45 MY GOAL HAS BEEN MET TYSM EVERYONE

[logansdogmotif]

ANTON SHUDDER HEADCANONS 🦇

requested by the lovely @griffinskullz!! and yes i did use phantom manor as my building claim for the midnight hotel… tf you gonna do about it

🦇 is native american/has native heritage, (lots of my cousins/aunts and uncles my mum’s side of the family are cherokee (a generation up from me i think?) and when i read the books when i was younger she would always headcanon anton as native, so that’s always stuck with me). p.s. my fancast for him (pictured above) is eddie spears.

🦇 is autistic! i always see this one as quite widespread, and it’s completely canon to me. i think he specifically has problems with certain sounds/levels of noise so i hc that the midnight hotel™️ is a top donor to loop earplugs.

🦇 has a bunch of sisters, think one doesn't have particular root in anything i just get ‘large family of sisters’ vibe from him. and in that vein, in my modern au he has two mums <3 so i think he’s always had quite a strong feminine influence, which in turn provides him lots of security in his masculinity.

🦇 has been approached multiple times for modelling gigs (but obviously never took them), and tbh?? has the lethal-est facecard out of the dead men. like if you lined them up and said “oh the really hot, like, beautiful one” everyone would automatically assume anton.

🦇 GAY!! i don’t care what derek says i think he needs to go on a 12-step program for making all of his characters bisexual to be honest. not that i have anything against that obviously i think most of derek’s character are bi but anton? not one of them. he has had girlfriends though but only when he was very young and always got broken up with for not being ‘engaged enough’ in the relationship.

🦇 canon specific: goes full loras tyrell about larrikin’s death. i’m a big shudderkin shipper here and i think larrikin’s death would’ve completely broke anton. and whilst i liked him leaving the midnight hotel to his (ex?)boyfriend after his death as a plot device to confirm his queerness, i honestly don’t think he would’ve had any serious relationships after larrikin. which is totally not what larrikin would’ve wanted but hey ho.

🦇 big music nerd. has a whole record library in the hotel and can tell you the artist, release date, producers, influences and interpolation of most songs in the last few centuries. he specifically likes classical songs that are minimum 10 minutes long, ballad americana (lana del rey, ethel cain, etc), and 80s folk.

🦇 the most mental health aware of the dead men, which i partially think is why he is removed from their shenanigans often as he recognises the negative effect they can have on eachother. i think having the gist gave him cause to learn a lot about compartmentalisation and how we process trauma, and i think he would have set up (or at least wanted to set up) some sort of free-of-charge counselling service at the hotel, and would've let the hotel's space be used for things like veteran's support groups or AA.

🦇 closest friends with saracen out of all of the dead men, and (depending on which au) they've known eachother since they were very young/since when saracen was very young (in canon i think anton is one of the eldest of the dead men, the actual eldest i think being hopeless). they at least grew up in the same village (BIG UP CORMACKSTOWN, COUNTY TIPPERARY!!! which i think is where the two of them are from if that wasn't clear).

QUICKFIRE HEADCANONS:

🦇 annoyingly good at card games (specifically uno)

🦇 generally doesn’t drink but gets CRUNK when he does (think ron swanson in the parks and rec snakejuice episode)

🦇 nicest handwriting ever

🦇 goes non-verbal relatively often

🦇 horrible core balance (that’s why his back is so straight all the time bc he’s actively trying not to fall over)

🦇 slow reader

🦇 favourite weather is early morning mist (specifically on the coast)

🦇 makes horrible tea

🦇 pockets full of mints like a grandma

🦇 chronic chest pain bc of the gist

🦇 WILL win any argument you have with him (even if you’re in the right, you will walk away feeling like you’ve lost)

🦇 genius at finding bargains & sales

🦇 teaches people how to shoplift from big corporations

skeleton hatman taglist 🫶: @griffinskullz @mortalcoils

p.s. i met derek landy for the second time yesterday! he signed my copy of hell breaks loose and i thanked him for making saraxter canon 💗 (also my friend gave him a ‘legally binding’ contract to write demon road 4 and he signed it as simon cowell… what a guy)

[boreal-sea]

Actually testing the loop engage earplugs in public, at the vet’s office and wow!? It just took the edge off everything. I can still hear everything that’s going on but it’s like. Chill. It’s kinda like having a comfy blanket in my ears.

I was seriously stressed before, it was loud, there was a dog whining and sniffing and receptionists talking and phones ringing and yeah. All of that is much calmer now.

I’m not sure if I’m autistic or not but these are seriously nice. You don’t need permission to use accommodations!!!

[faithhopeloveandtherapy]

I wore my new Loop earplugs to the loud and noisy restaurant. I struggle to hear what’s being said when there’s a lot of background noise, so I treated myself to these earplugs to see if it made social outings less exhausting and stressful. This was my first outing with them.

They made everything sound a bit muffled, including my own voice, but I quickly got used to that. And my friends kept saying “pardon” and “what did you say?” to each other, while I could hear everything that was said. I have funny shaped ear canals and regular headphones don’t stay in well, so I can’t say these were super comfy but they were tolerable and maybe I will get used to them. I did swap the bit that fits in my ear canal for the smallest size.

Halfway through the evening I took them out to see if they really were making a difference, and WOAH the restaurant was SO LOUD, never mind whether I could hear what my friends were saying, I think my brain would have just exploded with that level of noise. And then I couldn’t hear my friends so well either.

So overall verdict on Loop earplugs based on my first experience with them - I felt like they made a difference and were helpful. (They were Loop engage btw, I also have the mutes to put in for an extra 5dB noise reduction but I’m starting out just in basic mode)

[latelongshanks]

holy shit I used some of those loop (engage) earplugs today for the first time and boy is it weird these days to have something actually work you just kinda expect everything to be mildly disappointing

I COULDNT HEAR THE TRIGGER PARTS OF MY BF EATING

[ron456]

Things I do/got to accommodate myself with my ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression (cuz sometimes people are jerks but ya' still have needs that are better if met)

tw: talk of mental illness, self harm, etc,

I got me some Clear Loop Engage Earplugs! Pretty great for school. No one notices I have them in. I used to use those big, foam earplugs sometimes but I would have to have my hair down if I wanted them to be even close to discreet. I have loud parents and get overstimulated pretty easily so it makes the day justtt a little bit easier and I can still talk to people.

I got a Little Ouchie Stim Toy. It's amazing. I got a pink one and it really does help when I have self-harm urges or when I'm having an anxiety attack or depressive episode and I can't leave class. I even got one for my friend who also has depression and she seems to like it. (Obviously it doesn't fix EVERYTHING but it's a useful tool to have)

I got protein shakes cuz a lot of the time I struggle to have the motivation to eat or make food and getting protein shakes help me a little. (I got the fair life lactose free ones cuz Im lactose intolerant)

Art/Drawing/Creating. Okay, I knowwww this one seems so cliche and you're probably sick of neurotypical people being like "FiNd WayS tO eXpReSs YoUrSeLF" but it really does help me. It doesn't have to be pretty art. Things aren't beautiful cuz they're perfect, they're beautiful because they're authentic. I keep a little bundle of sticky notes in my pocket to take out and doodle on, write depressing poems, write an angry letter to no one, make horrifying art, draw a picture of myself crying just to feel. It's good to feel, ya'll. I got these, like, paint markers that I've been using to make some sad, chaotic depressing creations and it really helps to just get things out. Just do ANYTHING. You are allowed to feel.

I might post some of the art I've made with my markers cuz idk. Just cuz.

but anyway, yeah.

[marylynbirds]

Things I do that are (probably) related to my autism

I was diagnosed 1,5 years ago as a young adult so idk I've been thinking about this a lot lately and wanted to share. These are things that I do because of or to help with my autism (I kept it neutral/positive!).

- having a favourite spot in the bus..

- aaand having several back up spots in case somebody else is sitting there.

- buying putty (it's kinda like clay) to fidget with. (I have a small one from crazy Aaron's thinking putty, it fits in my pockets so is easy to take with me)

- making weird body movements when I'm happy (flapping my arms, moving from side to side doing little dances)

- when I was at my parents last time I wanted to put my face against his soft fur. He's a bit of a nervous cat so for his sake I didn't.

- bought a new planner that's focused on keeping a balance between work/school, private live and potential side hustles. (it's kinda like a bullet journal without having to draw everything yourself)

- my wireless headphones are the best! (no wire that keeps getting stuck, better quality than my earbuds and the sound can be very quiet and it still cancels out a lot of noice)

- bringing earplugs to places when I can't or don't want to wear my headphones (I have Loops Quiet, thinking about getting the Engage ones as well)

- bought a 1 liter waterbottle with timestamps on it so I remember to drink water.

- I pay a lot of attention to detail, especially when it comes to essays, my studymates/friends know this and ask me for help. I like helping them get a better grade and learn. (I'm studying to be a teacher for a reason xD)

- taking a bus/train earlier so I not stressed about delays

This is all I can think of from the top of my head. Let me know if you can relate! Are there any other things you do bc of your (suspected) autism (self diagnosis is valid)?