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The results found that white noise may reduce the time difference between wake time and stage 2 sleep by 38%, improve sleep quality, and support sleep health in some people who have trouble sleeping at home. Similarly, a 2021 study suggests that white noise may improve sleep quality for hospital patients.
The human brain's memory capacity in the average adult can store trillions of bytes of information. In a Stanford Study, it was reported that the...
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Read More »What’s Keeping the World Up at Night? See What this 2022 Global Survey Says You Snooze, You Win: Making More Sleep Part of Your New Year’s Resolution Most of us have spent a night in a bustling city or other noisy environments where it feels like getting any substantial sleep that night is nothing but a pipe dream. If you do manage to find a slice of silence, it’s often brief and fleeting as more sudden noises jolt you awake This cycle can continue because your brain is always responsive to sound stimuli. So, even if you successfully get yourself into deep sleep, the sound of a barking dog can bring you back to square one. And although these midnight noises may not always wake you up, they may still adversely affect brain activity and even heart health. Noise affects sleep duration, sleep architecture (the order of your normal sleep cycle), and sleep quality. Evidence shows that people who experience excessive nighttime noise may experience crankiness, drowsiness, tiredness during the day, and impaired physical and cognitive performance. A 2015 study suggests that disturbed sleep in duration and continuity affects many physiological processes, including appetite regulation, metabolism, hormone production, and daytime alertness. What’s more, another study suggests that uninterrupted sleep is more important for memory consolidation than the total duration of your sleep. So, even if you’re regularly getting the recommended seven or more hours of sleep, if there are regular interruptions due to nighttime noise, your body may not be getting the recharging benefits it needs to function optimally during the day. What may save you from the sleep-draining effects of nighttime noise is colored noise—white noise, pink noise, and brown noise. These kinds of sounds shield your ears from the different variations of sudden noise that disrupt your relaxation as your brain becomes less receptive to them.
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The membership of the American Federation of Musicians Local #802 in New York City, which includes a broad stylistic range of musicians from jazz...
Read More »A 2017 study published in Frontiers in Neurology investigated the impact of white noise on how quickly a person falls asleep, their sleep cycle, and sleep quality. The results found that white noise may reduce the time difference between wake time and stage 2 sleep by 38%, improve sleep quality, and support sleep health in some people who have trouble sleeping at home. Similarly, a 2021 study suggests that white noise may improve sleep quality for hospital patients. Another study identified white noise, sleep hygiene, and circadian rhythm management as practical tools for promoting optimal sleep for people with sleep problems. Likewise, an older study suggests white noise is a viable stand-alone treatment for helping toddlers fall asleep quickly and managing nighttime awakeness. And for our specific context—living in a loud environment, like a neighborhood in New York City—another 2021 study suggests that white noise may lessen the harmful effects of living in this type of environment and improve sleep duration and quality. What’s more, some of the benefits of this sleep aid persist even when you stop using it. A bonus benefit of using white noise is for strengthening focus, as it may also help you get tasks that require your undisturbed attention done. Pink noise is a less popular kind of colored noise and is often mixed up with white noise. But it may be a preferred tool for masking out unwanted noise and supporting healthy sleep when compared to white noise. Unlike white noise, it doesn’t produce that high-pitched sound that may be distinct and harsh to some, and it represents all frequencies that humans can hear but in different volumes. The sound energy in pink noise is more intense at lower frequencies, producing deeper and more ambient sounds, making it more relaxing and soothing to the ear (humans are less sensitive to lower frequencies). You can find pink noise in many nature sounds, like the sound of rustling leaves, rainfall, the wind, and beach waves. Although only a few scientific studies explore the potential effects of pink noise on sleep, some studies suggest that it can be just as impactful as white noise. A 2012 study testing the effect of pink noise on brain activity and sleep stability found that pink noise may significantly reduce brain wave complexity and support stable sleep Also, a 2017 study published in Frontiers in human neuroscience found that pulses of pink noise (acoustic stimulation) may consolidate deep sleep and enhance sleep-dependent memory retention in older adults. Similarly, an older study also suggests that pink noise may help some people fall asleep faster.
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Read More »Although pink noise may not sound bright like its name, its calming sounds may work well to unwind your body and mind, potentially supporting your overall sleep health.
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