ear defenders

Unfortunately, I'm being woken up a lot in the night by a house mate getting up to go to toilet/ go downstairs and it's really impacting my symptoms badly. I wonder if anyone has found any ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones/head bands that are comfortable for wearing at night? I'm a side...

I care for someone with severe ME who is very sound sensitive. They are using ear plugs and some Bose noise cancelling headphones but that is not helping enough. Please has anybody any advice, e.g. are noise defenders good, are they better than noise cancelling headphones. Any help or advice...