My son has assigned seats in his 1st grade lunch. He is a loud child and not particularly noise sensitive, but has asked many times if he could eat lunch in the classroom or somewhere else because the noise bothers him so much during lunch. The teacher let him a couple times and he loves it but she needs a break too. He's in FCPS and would love if part of lunch could be silent. He loves socializing but says the noise hurts his head so bad he can't eat.
Was at a function in a hotel a few weeks ago. Cocktail hour in the foyer.......the noise was incredible. NO music--just too many people talking. I had to go into another room. It literally hurt.