Hi. I'm so sorry to hear that you too have a problem with noise.
I didn't know anyone else who had this problem. I was really thinking it was all in my head! Sudden noises are the worse. Like a loud knock on the door. I too have mastered the TV remote. It's the noise that's beyond my control that is so frustrating.
I've been reading some of the replies to this thread and have more understanding about it now. Thank you for posting about noise. I truly hope you find a way to have control over some of the noise that is so irritating to you because I too become "ill" because of noise. I actually changed the audio settings on my tv and that helped a bit, with that. I turned off "clear voice". Many quiet wishes to you!