This means you’re not listening to the same thing over and over again, which we liked. The second key lets you choose from one of eight sessions – so you have eight different sounds for each theme. We tried all of them at different times, and as soon as the sessions started we could feel our troubles melt away – it’s absolutely magic. You can choose from eight themes including breathing, nature sounds, visualisations and body scan. The first one controls the theme of your session.
It doesn’t need any pairing or other faffing – just plug it in and go. It sits in a wooden cup, and has key-like levers on the top to control it. We were immediately struck by what a good-looking piece of tech this is. (We continued to rate them based on other factors, such as sound quality and ease of use.) The other two were pleasantly surprised at how well the white noise worked to mask subtler noises and plan to purchase white noise machines for their own use.If you find yourself getting sucked in by screens just before bed and then have trouble falling asleep (no judgement here, TikTok is wildly addictive) then this screen-free gadget is just the ticket. However, we did seem to be the ones living in more intensely noisy environments and dealing with trains, bridge traffic, and snoring bed partners. Three out of the five evaluators, including myself, came out of this evaluation sleep-deprived, and, to be honest, pretty grumpy, because the white noise machines did not work to mask disruptive noises for us. I wear Happy Ears earplugs and an eye mask to sleep. To top it off, I sleep beside a man with undiagnosed sleep apnea and a dog that has early morning asthmatic fits. Perry Santanachote (that’s me!) lives in a New York City neighborhood that presents a new noisy adventure every night, from blaring bachata music and broken mufflers to illegal fireworks and drunken bar fights. He wears commercial-grade earplugs to sleep, even though they can be uncomfortable at times. Mike Visconti, deputy director of lab operations, lives a few blocks from a railway with commercial trains running throughout the night, blowing loud horns as they cross intersections. She normally wears a weighted eye mask to sleep. when her dog wakes up in the middle of the night to lick himself. The noise comes from inside the house . . . Tanya Christian, home and appliance writer and reporter, lives in a very peaceful environment with relatively no noise coming from the outside. He normally wears Mack’s silicone earplugs to sleep. garbage trucks, and a lakeside country home, frequented by tap-dancing squirrels on the roof. Kevin Doyle, enterprise editor, splits his time between a New York City apartment frequented by 4 a.m. She normally wears Bose Sleepbuds and an eye mask to sleep. Ginger Cowles, a managing editor at Consumer Reports, lives by a busy bridge that connects New Jersey and New York and deals with lots of commuter noise and car enthusiasts with “The Fast and the Furious” ambitions. Pavlovian conditioning: If a certain sound (in this case, white noise, is consistently associated with the experience of feeling relaxed and successfully falling asleep, then that sound itself can also become a cue for sleep. Wall of noise: Noise machines or other soothing sounds can provide a consistent, less intrusive background noise that can help mask more abrupt noises in the environment, making them less likely to awaken people or contribute to arousal. Hylton Molzof, PhD, a clinical assistant professor and psychologist at Stanford School of Medicine’s Sleep Medicine Center, says there are two ways white noise is hypothesized to help people sleep. Nature sounds, such as ocean waves or chirping crickets, are another category of noises that are less consistent and have more variability in decibel levels. Variations, such as pink noise and brown noise, give off different energy frequencies. It can sound like radio static, a whirring fan, wind, or heavy rain. White noise contains all frequencies across the spectrum of audible sound.
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