Unfortunately, I am one of those people who have a very light sleeper and wake up with every little "Muck". For years, I sleep with earplugs regularly - especially if I do not spend the night at home. Thankfully, I have no problem with a snoring husband (now and then he grinds his teeth which can also be quite noisy ;-)) but with other ambient noise such as traffic noise. If I only now and then the ordinary foam earplugs used that's no problem, but also I get with prolonged use, the problem with pain in the ears due to the pressure. About 3 years ago I gave my husband then "custom-made" earplugs by the hearing aid acoustician. These earplugs, an impression of the ear canal is made and tailor-made earplugs made of soft plastic. Even in these earplugs I put great hopes, unfortunately with no great success! I had, in fact, no more pain or pressure, however, was certainly also because these earplugs have fallen in a short time out of the ear, because I have very strong sweated through the plastic. Meanwhile, I have also lost one of the earplugs. Now I've encountered recently on the SleepSoft earplugs and the description sounded after this due to the what I need. So I bought earplugs. I have now less than a week every night tried the earplugs - unfortunately it was every night in an attempt, because after a short time I feel the earplugs as so unpleasant that I have to remove them again. Such uncomfortable feeling I experienced when previously no earplugs. As otherwise described, I feel a very strong pressure and a kind of scratch or tickle in the ear, which is unbearable for me. Unfortunately I can for me the earplugs not recommend and they are now decorative on the nightstand!