I am very noise sensitive. Since I have to move back to Virgina on Saturday so my mother can care for me in her home, I have to deal with the noise of being in airports and on an airplane. I have the Bose Noise-Cancelling earphones, but they only lessen the sounds, not completely block them out. We also ordered a battery operated white noise machine that I can use. I thought of taking a bed pillow to wrap around my ears on the plane.

What am I forgetting? Does anyone have any strategies for blocking noise in public places?