I can't sleep with earplugs in my ears. excessive headphone use from about 2013-2016 seems to have caused an inner ear issue that won't resolve, I have tinnitus in my left ear and wearing any kind of headphone or earmuff for periods as short as 5 minutes makes the tinnitus worse for 7+ days. an ENT finds nothing other than moderate hearing loss and says balance testing might be the next step. I only adopted the excessive headphone use in the past because my previous downstairs neighbor refused to communicate about anything face to face and thus I couldn't ever ask if the speakers on my media devices were too loud, they eventually threatened to sue over alleged "outbursts" (they also told 911 that I hear voices, which is not true. I wish!) the person that lives down there now calls the police on me for knocking on their door asking them to please turn their TV down at 1am, the police told me to call them next time this person plays their TV too loud.
Have you tried ear plugs?
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