I guess wearing ear muffs while using a hair dryer would defeat the purpose.

From my perspective, the kids are back to school now. The wife works a late shift. I work from home mostly...so I prefer to air dry. The Fed-Ex guy leaves packages outside the door without ringing the doorbell anymore. The neighbors never borrow flour or sugar anymore.

Are ear plugs an option?

Air dry, ear plugs and a muffler.

Cut your hair short and let it air dry then you can use wax to style it.

Hi April,

I agree with most others here that ear plugs would be your best and least expensive option.

Pat

I wear ear plugs, but in the Tinnitus Today magazine, I don't remember which one, there were recomendations for the quitest ones. I will try and find it for you and post it.

Kasandra

Hello:

My hair is too long to use a dryer, so I just air dry it. However, there are some brands that promote a quieter blow dryer on-line. You can google and find a few...not many, though. I guess using ear plugs or air drying seems to be the popular options.

Best of luck!

I can't remember the brand of mine...I think its a Conair- but it has 3 settings...low, med, high....after I air dry for about 30 minutes I use it on medium, and it usually gets the job done. I use the max ear plugs. the foam ones...lately though I have been air drying and scrunching with mousse...I don't ever want to cut my hair off!

Hi, I couldn't find the article on hair dryers in the Tinnitus Association Magazine. But I did google quite hair dryers and found quite a few. I think the one aprilb42 has one of them.
I hope that was some help.
I got a pair of musicians ear plugs, and I wear them for any noise that is at a level that bothers me. You have to have them made for you which can be done by any audiologist. They don't cost alot and I find them very useful for movies, loud machines, concerts, the dentist, etc.

I wish you the best,
Kasandra

I ment quiet not quite, sorry

With ear plugs you will be fine. The t I have is so weird. Sometimes I am drying my hair with the hair dryer and when I finish, ohhh Heaven, the t is so low!!! I just laugh sometimes, when I think I am doing wrong things, happens that helps for the t.

MC- I think what you are experiencing is Residual Inhibition. Kinda like when you get out of the tub or shower, t is lower...exposing your ears to louder sounds and when the louder stops, your T seems lower..I think this can last anywhere from seconds, to hours for some.

Did anyone very find a good blow dryer?
Thanks,
Sue

My hair dries curly if I let it air dry, so I use plugs--I still hear the dryer but it isn't loud. I worry that a quiet hairdryer would be like those quiet ones in hotels--they hardly have any power and take forever to try your hair.

I've had residual habituation with showers and dryers, but it never last very long for me. :(