Apple holds Wellness Challenges. You group up into teams to compete to meet your own wellness goals. It’s completely voluntary.

The only restrictions on speech are standard internal conduct requirements and agreement to keep Apple internal information confidential according to the Intellectual Property agreement.

Source: worked for Apple for a decade

Yup. First, check with your health insurance to see if you’re covered for audiologists. They’ll make the mould of your ear that you’ll be mailing to the earplug fabrication company. If the audiologist is covered, you’ll still be looking at ~$200 for the earplugs.

I’ve had a pair of flat response earplugs for years. They reduce sound evenly, so all sound is just quieter rather than being muffled. They’re comfortable enough to sleep in, and neutral enough to use in a musical performance.

I do like how AI works for referencing articles. You can tap on any sentence in the summary and it will display all links that contain that source information. It’s actually pretty useful.