Ear plugs for the DAT?

[MesialBuccal]

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Will these be provided....? My one fear is taking an exam next to someone who is cracking/popping/chewing gum loudly..... Somehow I always end up taking exams by these people.... 😳

 

[JLT223]

No, but noise cancelling headphones are.

 

[Incis0r]

No, but noise cancelling headphones are.

True^

I swear, however, that the noise-canceling headphones are designed to be as painful and uncomfortable as possible. Plus they're dirty inside.

 

[BeaverLover]

My location offered headphones, overhead not the earplugs

 

[mystery84]

Over the ear ones were provided. They probsbly won't let you take your own inside and I wouldn't risk it either.

I'm sure you could call the facilities in your area and see if any will provide the foam kind

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[JLT223]

You can buy your own earplugs, show then to the staff at prometric, and bring them inside the testing room.

 

[BluntForceTrauma]

Will these be provided....? My one fear is taking an exam next to someone who is cracking/popping/chewing gum loudly..... Somehow I always end up taking exams by these people.... 😳

Call the location and ask them.

 

[PocketRocket]

Bought em, used em, loved em... Make sure they are in an unopened package when you bring them with you

 

[BobbyBeavis]

They let me bring in ear plugs, no problem.

 

[Confused1617]

I used ear plugs and noise cancelling headphones

 

[JackS06]

Wish I'd thought about buying new earplugs to have them inspected and used. The noise-cancelling headphones were like vice grips move that Kingler uses, and I couldn't wear them for long. I had the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with another test taker next to me who had restless leg sydrome and was wearing windbreaker pants. So every half hour or so, i'd hear "che che che che che" and would have to clamp my ears down with the headphones of death, because his shuffling was getting me anxious too. kinda like how one person yawns and it becomes infectious. or some people are sensitive to the sight/smell of barf, it it elicits a chain reaction of barfs. ipecac. clam chowder. literally trapped between a rock and a hard place. oh well, I didn't let the noise bother me and happy with my score 🙂

tldr: bring your own earplugs

 

[kholley25]

I think I was offered earplugs (yellow foam kind in a plastic baggie). Worked fine with me. And they were definitely useful as other test-takers were typing away (GRE probably).

 

[Carbohydrates]

I was wesring noice canceling headphone...
But my brain was having a jam session with Beyonce and Ed Sheeran and Imagion Dragon...
No amount of ear plugs can ignore those songs in my brain..

 

[BYU4you]

I was told to bring my own earplugs that were not connected by a wire


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