the rear or central pillow and extends forward on both sides and is secured with velcro u00ae at a front location ear muffs both side pillows can advantageously incorporate built in earmuffs passive or electronic such ear muffs assist in sealing against or around the person 39 s ears the pillow section e g the foam itself is shaped or molded to accommodate the installation of earmuffs typically the design incorporates an opening in the liner if present and pillow covering material for each ear to rest within the respective earmuff when electronic earmuffs i e headphones are used the earmuffs can be driven by electronics in or attached to the pillow or may be separate e g with wired or wireless connections the electronics may be noise canceling and or can provide audio such as white noise pink noise or selected audio such as music where audio is provided the audio may be timed e g turns off after a period of time or can be continuous exemplary pillow an exemplary pillow is shown in fig1 4 in fig1 the acoustical pillow 10 is shown opened with the inner portion of the pillow exposed the pillow includes a rear or center pillow section 12 a left pillow section 14 and a right pillow section 16 these sections are covered with a fabric covering.