other VRchat users with hearing impairments (or sensory overload issues) may have experienced the issues and shortcomings of VRchat's earmuff mode. It's extremely helpful in many cases, but the tuning settings don't go far enough, and the "outside volume" slider is a bit broken; for me, this leads to small spaces with crowds being completely uninhabitable.
I've come up with a few suggestions to help rectify this. if you've got a VRchat account and you think these are a good idea, you can upvote these feature requests on their feedback forum. (just like on cohost voting on things is how they keep track of what users want)
Change earmuff mode volume slider algorithm to make it usable outside the lowest 10-15%
Allow narrower focus of earmuff mode directionality: either angle or user-based