Trying not to hear

зажимђть/зажђть (себљd) џшиa to cover one's ears
Мђльчик зажђл себљ џши рукђми, чтобы не слІшать упрёки сестрІ. The boy put his hands over his ears, so he wouldn't hear his sister's reproach.
затыкђть/заткнџть (себљd) (пђльцамиi) џшиa to plug one's ears, to stick something (e.g. fingers) in one's ears to block out sound