A couple years ago, we figured out one thing. If she was on a boat, she could use these Sony headphones I had. They pressed against her ears, and she would listen to music the entire ride. For the first time she made it to Catalina on the Express without a (major) problem. The a couple months later, we went again, but I forgot these headphones. She used the standard in ear headphones that come with the iPod, but they didn't seem to work. For whatever reason, they didn't block out enough of the noise of the engine, or whatever. She didn't get too sick, but she still felt minor nausea.
We always charge up the iPod and use those headphones every time we go now.
A couple weeks ago, the headphones finally broke. I'd had em for over 10 years now that I think about it, and they had taking a beating. So i used iPod "default" headphones for awhile at work, but gawddamn they begin to kill your ears when you wear em for 8 hours straight. And they don't block out any noise at all. If somebody is talking 3 feet away from you, you're gonna hear it, no matter how loud you have it.
On woot a couple days ago, i saw a deal for Jabra noise reduction headphones, and I bought them quick cause I was in the market for a replacement for my old headphones. They arrived this weekend and I popped the battery in put them on. Without any audio input, they just reduce the ambient noise around you. Now don't worry, this is not a product review. Its just this... I pull the headphones off and pass em to Jen (turned off). She put them on and flips the switch to turn them on. In about 2 seconds she says, "oh, thats really cool..." and then about 5 seconds later she yanks the headphones off her head, and her hand instantly goes to the table to balance herself. The only thing is... she's already sitting down. It took about 7 to 10 seconds to completely make her sick. Just looking at her, i could see the same look that she had after about an hour on a boat. No shit.
