Silent Jobs

What silent jobs are out there? Let's make a list!

I can think of a few:

• Programmer
• Writer
• Night Guard/Patrol
• Cartoonist

What jobs can you add to this list?

 

I personally think this is a wrong line of thought for three reasons:

1. We should live our lives normally and don't let T set the rules and paths
2. There are all sorts of hearing protectors out there we can use even in noisy environments. Not many people for example know that there are active ear plugs that let sounds in normally, but automatically block loud noises.
3. Quiet and silent environments are not good for us with T -> much better that there is background noise to mask T

 

No one wants to wear plugs all day all year - if you have a choice choose a quiet office job it's not going to be dead silent anyway


@Sound Wave If you say that T should not set the rules then why avoid silence and be so obsessed with masking ? You just contradict yourself here

 

@Sound Wave : what you're saying might be true for someone with mild T, not someone with severe T and H.
Listening to your body is never a bad idea. What is a normal life ? We have to accept changes as we age or face a disease, that's just life.

@squeek I think it's a great post ! Not sure about the night guard / patrol one, as it depends on where you work.

What comes to me right now :
- medical jobs (most of them)
- small e-business (operated from home)
- freelance jobs possible from home (you already said programmer and writer ; graphic designer)
- lawyer (most of them never leave their office)
- studio photographer
- librarian
- owner of a small shop

 

Web designer
Poet
Graphic designer
Librarian
Office job (to a certain degree)
Farmer? Lol
Hotel receptionist
Err that's all I got for now

 

• Painter (interior)
• Painter (artist)
• Accountant

 

I'd love to be a poet can one do that professionally?

I suppose research is pretty quiet... too quiet But you can do whatever you want so bring music and halve productivity

 

Probably not this day and age lol - You'd have to be bought like in the 18th century to make a good career out of it I would say, who knows perhaps I am wrong!

I would stick music in this because you can do music through a computer nowadays and therefore turn it all down digitally

 

Give this a bump, maybe get some other ideas.

 

Working in a public library in some capacity doesn’t seem like a bad idea.

I’m also thinking about trying Online Poker as a side hustle. YOLO.

 

I work in IT... Usually a pretty controlled and relatively quiet office environment but some of my worst acoustic traumas have been on the job in close proximity to jet engines. Granted, that was avoidable if I was paying attention and aware of the dangers, but what's done is done. Most office or IT jobs are relatively safe, at least you can usually have a good idea of when protection is required.

 

What jobs are there for someone with severe (reactive) tinnitus and hyperacusis? I need to make at least 500 bucks a week so I don't lose my house.

 

A library would be the most obvious choice.

 

From home. I can't speak, I can't take any audio at all, or drive.

 

I’m a conservator, so work in quiet museums, country houses - and studios, which require complete concentration, so extreme quiet is a must.

 

Programming? Editing? Writing? I don’t know.

EDIT: just saw OP mention that lol.

 

I work in a public library and you would be surprised how loud it gets, especially when children are present. I keep my Peltor earmuffs handy at all times.

 

Can you take me as your apprentice por favor? Conservators are badass.

 

I haven't told my employment agent about my hyperacusis yet. I've told her I'm sensitive to noise, but then again that's an understatement.

 

I saw an article the other day about a lady who was making $4,000 a month selling photos of her feet. I was of course amazed and envious lol.

 

Only just seen this! Why thank you. Have you got a steady hand, and are you good at glueing things back together? If so, then you’re in! You get to wear a lab coat and everything.

 

Seriously, anybody know of a job I can do from home, that doesn’t require any talking? I only really need to make like $600 a month to cover some bills.

 

Look into freelance data entry. It’s remote work, but you need to be quick on the keyboard though. Find a client online who is willing to hire you. Conversing with them will likely be done through emails only.

I envy you! But seriously I do think we would look badass together in lab coats. We both wear glasses yo.

 

It is a quiet job, until you turn on that noisy little thing in the background. That’s a museum/conservation vac, and it can be as loud as normal vacuum, and it’s usually placed on the table right near your face. I keep it on a low setting and place it as far away from me as possible - and ofc wear earplugs.

 

Coding.

 

I am also interested in online work where I won't need to talk or use a telephone, and very little typing (chronic RSI). Time is running short on my ability to live under my family's wing, and I need to figure something out before they're dead.

I have some entry level IT skills, but my hands are so shaky from the RSI that I dunno how well that could work.

 

What if you can't code, nor can wrap your head around coding? I've tried learning it before and it's the most difficult and confusing thing I've ever attempted. That, on top of having chronic hand pain, make it seem like an impossible career path.

 

Maybe you could open an online shop and sell vintage clothes/homewares on eBay or Depop? you could probably find a wholesale vendor online, then it's just a matter of taking photos and writing listing descriptions.

When my carpal tunnel flares up, I usually use the speech to text option on my phone to avoid typing, so maybe that could work for you.

 

There is also a woman named Steph Matto who sell her farts in a jar, but had to limit her production due to the overwhelming success of her fart jars. She has now branched out her product line by selling breast sweat in a jar.

Find a need, fill a need.

Now if there were only a market for ball sweat...

 

Anything's possible.

More on topic, maybe graveyard groundskeeper or grave digger? As long as you aren't the one doing the landscaping or can avoid it.

If you can believe it, I tried to take a quiet walk in a cemetery and was assaulted by dudes on giant lawnmowers, of all the times to go.