Same here, except the noise was from the heart monitor down at the Nurse's station. It was beeping all night long! That, on top of being woken up at all hours for temp or BP, then having blood drawn at dawn, didn't make for a restful stay. My room-mate had a hearing problem, so she kept her little TV at a LOUD LEVEL all day and half the evening. It was hard to hear folks talking, when I had visitors. SirKit let me use his noise canceling headphones so I could listen to my own TV, or to David's I-Pod, on which David had loaded two Christmas CD's he'd gotten for me.