<p>Marama, you might want to think about purchasing some sound-blocking headphones for your D if her hearing is on the sensitive side.</p>
<p>My D is a second-year student - we have not purchased these yet, but I’m thinking about it. She gets along very well with her roommate (randomly assigned together first year, and chose to room together second year) but her roommate lately has begun studying by reading aloud to herself. Her roommate is not aware that she is doing this, and my D has asked her to stop, but she keeps forgetting. She is also an international student and skypes with her parents at odd hours (very late/early) due to the time difference. Although my D has learned some key phrases in a different language! She asked her roommate one day what _________ meant, since she heard her say it a lot, and it means “whatever” (you can add a valley girl accent in a different language)!</p>