I often find myself reading something on the bus or subway, but then not understand anything I read. This seems to be because of the constant noises. Not even instrumental music helps, as that distracts me as well and also does not always match the theme of the book.
The best working one in noisy places seems to be white noise, with complete silence being the best overall. How do yall handle such situations?
I need not voices to read fiction.
But loud non-speaking noises don’t interfere.
Oddly, articles, Wikipedia, and websites, I can read much more easily while people are talking.