Those are great!<p>And glad you like Brain.fm as well :)<p>To my great surprise, silence is actually the <i>worst</i> performer in our research and for other researchers I&#x27;ve talked to. check out our focus study, and also if you hit the &quot;more&quot; button you can see a kind of bibliography (that we need to organize better).<p>Silence can be a distraction in itself. Counter-intuitive, I know. I actually think I remember an article about this popping up in my news feed recently, trying to explain why. I was in a hurry so couldn&#x27;t really read it, but I&#x27;ll try to find it again after all this craziness dies down :)<p>But anyway, everyone&#x27;s different, and different situations call for different tools. When the noise level is just too high for me (like, construction outside, vacuuming, etc) I use those crazy earmuffs meant for gun ranges. A shopvac could be right next to your ear and you wouldn&#x27;t notice hah