One suggestion I would have also is that you might see if a pair of glasses
with a blue tint of glass would help. Even if you don't wear glasses you
can have a pair with out a prescription made to use.

About the noise, I am not sure how you can work through this. Is it possible
to see if one ear is worse. Say try a ear plug in just one ear. See if
that helps. If that would work, it might be enough hearing in the other ear
to be able to work that way.

Donna