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The headphones I use at work are intentionally very big and obvious. I want to look totally immersed so that people are hesitant to bother me.
The key for me is that they are open back, meaning sounds can still easily reach me and they can hear my music if I turn it up (I VERY rarely do). Because of that I can still hear what is going on around me and I can respond if needed.
Just wearing them, even if they are off, reduces how many times someone tries to interrupt me but if someone needs my attention for something real, not just office scuttlebutt, I can still respond. If they are trying to get my attention for something irrelevant I can ignore them and blame the headphones.
(I do want some noise cancelling ones too. Mostly for travel but also for crunch times at work when all other issues are irrelevant. The high end Sony's and Bose and some others have voice pass-through technology too, so you can both listen to loud music and hear voices around you if needed.)
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