Don't listen to him– he is a cat burglar, and you being deaf at night helps him steal your cats.

AFAIK there is some inflammation potential if earplugs are used all night everyday.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-wearing-ea...

I've been using those for a few years. I also cover my eyes with a sleeping mask in the summer. In this part of the world (Berlin) it gets light around 4am in the summer. About 3-4 hours before I want to wake up. I'm sensitive to light, I sleep longer in the winter.

The tinnitus is deafeningly loud with earplugs for me. Better to have a white noise generator or a fan running.

I have custom molded ones. They help a lot, however high pitched sudden noises still get through and wake me up. I never managed to sleep without earplugs since moving to this city. Not considering moving due to the quality of life (apart from the noise)

I have fallen into the (questionable) habit of sleeping with Airpods. I used to wake up with my mind racing and not be able to fall back asleep. The Airpods helped distract and sedate my midnight thoughts such that I would fall back asleep much quicker than without. I've progressively shifted towards falling asleep listening to the droll of engaging non-fiction, but keep them in my ears in noise canceling mode with no media for the remainder of my night.

Again, not medical advice, just anectdotal experience..

Edit: this is entirely due to the 'Stop playing when falling asleep' function of iOS 26, which I loathe. But this feature barely make it worthwhile.

How can anyone sleep with these things? My ears get extremely sweaty and sore after half an hour.

Yeah, this seems like a way overengineered solution.

I moved to the US 15 years ago and it was too noisey for me to sleep well (fire trucks, cars, etc), but ear plugs solved the problem and are portable to other places you might need to sleep.

Whenever I sleep with ear plugs, I wake up with brain fog.

I would think earwax build up would increase with that

i find earplugs so uncomfortable that it ruins my night

Maybe I've seen too many horror movies, but aren't you concerned about not hearing an intruder and being able to respond? Maybe I'm paranoid. :)

No no, we first need to adopt a technology that consumes more water and energy than a small town to solve a problem we've already solved!

Jokes aside: overengineering issue like this to LEARN a new coding language, hardware setup, platform etc. used to be a great opportunity for skills growth. Now honestly it's hard to justify, if you're using AI to do it. With the added insult that the sycophantic AI will also make you feel like a genius for overthinking a stupid idea.