ADD Blinder

I've noticed that hands work well as blinders -- to keep out unwanted noise and distracting visuals -- in a workplace where you don't have cubicle walls, and there are people talking and phones ringing and things happening that would catch your attention if you didn't have your thumbs in your ears and your hands covering your eyes -- especially if you are distractable anyway. I have found that the best way to block out unwanted noise is - even better than earplugs - to press your thumbs about an inch below your traguses on either side of your head and shut off your ear canals altogether. It's like a tomb in there. There could be a fire alarm and I wouldn't know. And it is very convenient in this position with my thumbs in my ears, to hold my hands above my eyes like a visor, or more like the blinders they put on horses to keep their attention on the road. And this works very well too. The only problem is that when I want to type something or write something or make a telephone call I have to take my hands away from my sensory organs and I am distractable again.

I wish I had a visor that had an adjustable bendy edge so that I could set it on a scale from "no distractions" to "let everything in", and the structure of the visor was stiff and tightenable and had two thumb-like pads on the ends so I could clamp my traguses closed - and use my hands at the same time to do stuff around the office.