How to deal with the noise?

Apple AirPods Pro or the Bose Quietcomfort earbuds do really well at reducing that type of noise and are a lot less noticeable than a big pair of over the ear headphones. But, wearing both sides at the same time probably isn't legal in most states.

 

Drummer in bands for 10 years. Try this trick -

Get some foam ear plugs and slice with a razor blade into thirds.

Gently seat them in your ear canals, don’t shove them in.

This would allow me to hear my kit, the bass player, but cut out the dangerous higher frequencies of the guitar and snare.

Door seals and weather stripping is relatively inexpensive. I’m in a ‘95 so I get it.

 

Is it your own truck? If so I would work on improving the situation.
New weather stripping on the doors and readjusting them so they close properly will make a huge difference. If the inside is metal, find some fabric panels to cover it or carpet scraps. They also make sound deadening foam products. Ap air has rolls of it…we use it in tractor cabs and it works wonders. If it’s not your truck to work on probably the best bet is ear plugs. I would stay away from muffs because I don’t think it’s legal to have both ears obstructed.

 

I am currently battling this as my FLD is loud. Just bought a pair of Bluetooth noise canceling earbuds/plugs. They were great on my end although I had to turn the CB up to max volume to hear it. First phone call to my girlfriend and she could hear lots of background noise. I had to repeat myself multiple times. Back to the drawing board.

 

I wear ear plugs and if/when they start irritating me I switch to the over the ear ear muffs. When they start squeezing my head I go back to the plugs. It’s worth protecting your ears. I don’t know how accurate it is but App on my phone measuring noise reads mid 90dB when pulling hard and engine fan kicks on.

 

I have a pair of those noise canceling ear buds I use to get the same complaint if I was running equpiment or in the shop using power tools .. finally figured out that there is a noise cancellation mode.. after I read the directions it seemed to make a big difference
Maybe yours are the same way

 

It depends on what you have. Most of the noise cancelling earbuds are not noise cancelling on the microphone, only what you hear in your ear. If you happen to have an iPhone, the recent 16.4 update added the voice isolation feature to regular phone calls, which should help a lot. Previously it was just on Facetime calls.

 

For most of my trucking career I wore certain foam earplugs. I highly reccomend the Macks Slim Fit Sleep/Rest earplugs. They are easily available at Walmart or Amazon.

 

New weather stripping and door gaskets are pretty inexpensive. So are mufflers.

On my w9 I did put the butyl tape window stripping you can get at the hardware store on the interior surface where the door gasket seals with the cab .... really helped seal against brutal wind.

Also get carpet remnants for the floor. Or thick rugs. This also helps with noise