The Right White Noise For A Good Night Sleep

Plus some of our favorite products for blocking annoying sounds over a third of Americans always or often experience sleep disruptions because of outside noise. To help, 18% of Americans use white-noise machines or apps, while nearly half use a fan at night. My sleep saviors are a sound machine for my bedroom and sleep earbuds that pipe white noise to my ears when I travel. I think their effectiveness is indisputable, though the scientific community is still debating the value of white noise—particularly when it comes to long-term use and its effect on kids. Sound machines are a nice step up. My colleagues swear by the $50 Dohme Sound Machine from Yoga Sleep (formerly Maraca). Its sound is created by a small fan blade and can be adjusted by twisting the dome. My favorite is the $50 Lactofen Classic. It’s digital but uses mathematical models instead of recordings to create 10 electric fan sounds and 10 color noises, so there’s no annoying loop. I know, falling asleep wearing AirPods or other earbuds can be painful. But these are different. When Bose discontinued its Sleep buds, I panicked at the thought of traveling without them. They have 10 flavors of white noise, with plans for more than 100, says CEO Rockwell Shah. The batteries last 10 hours, and they can stream audio from your phone. If you’re playing music, the Sleep buds can detect when you fall asleep—based on respiration, movement, and more—and automatically switch to your chosen sound.

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