MILD is the way to go for all beginners if you ask me. All of Burke's advice is good and worth following. WILD/WBTB sound so easy and straight forward, but they require that you have great discapline and are able to basically meditate. Really look into MILD. Repeating a mantra as you fall asleep is proobably the most effective MILD, but checck out the DVA class for others. Really learn the conccept behind RCs and make sure you do a mental RC at the same time. Queestion how you got where you are and stuff like that.
Learn to wear ear plugs, they are sold at the pharmacy. At first they may be uncomfortable, but you can get used to them and they block almost all noise.