Maya taps her headphones, "What do you think these are? They upgraded the models from the ones I had last year, but the limits are distance, not levels. So in the center of the room I'm still surrounded by the soundwaves from... that," she gestures to the room full of people milling about.

"I take them off for a little while every day to work on personal control, but it's kinda like jumping into a pool full of tiny razor blades."