White Noise

How do people sleep listening to every bird chirping and things that go bump in the night?

"White noise," OP? That's racist!

The continual screams of thousands, dying of Coronavirus puts me right to sleep.

I have trouble falling to sleep unless the radio is on. I listen to Coast to Coast AM during the night.

I need to have a fan going when I go to sleep. I find absolute quiet unsettling for some odd reason.

If I don't have the air on full blast in a hotel, I can't sleep hearing all of the slamming doors and banging housekeeping staff.

[quote] I listen to Coast to Coast AM during the night.

I hope you listen to the Art Bell episodes rather than those with George Noory.

I have tinnitus in both ears and I learned a long time ago that the sound of the window fan helps to cancel out the high pitched sounds that are even louder in a quiet bedroom. I always need some kind of sound going to get to sleep.

I would be concerned about hearing any commercials from the TV or radio influencing my subconscious unknowingly while I sleep.

I keep the fan on if my apartment neighbor is being loud, otherwise I listen to delta waves on YouTube.

I’ve had a noise canceling machine for the past ten years and I use it every night. The sound I prefer is like that of a fan in the window in the summertime. But there are many options within rainfall, seashore/wave action, night animal chirps, babbling water and others. I still sleep well on the occasional night when I travel; I haven’t become addicted to it. But I do sleep much better than I did before having the machine.

I wish I lived on the ocean so I could hear the sound of the waves at night. I love staying in hotels on the beach.

I was in a friend's apartment when she had her white noise machine on and it drove me crazy. I like peace and quiet at night when I go to bed - no fans, machines, etc. and I do just fine.

I have my radio on ALL night at the end of the dial. Just static(white noise) since 1995.

Black noise matters!

[QUOTE]I would be concerned about hearing any commercials from the TV or radio influencing my subconscious unknowingly while I sleep.

THAT must be why the other day I woke up with an inexplicable urge to buy Cindy Crawford's "Meaningful Beauty" products!

White noise whilst sleeping has been my godsend the last 10 years or so. I had an old school, whirring and purring white noise machine, and then my ex bought me an electronic one (more compact, same sound output). I only take half a melatonin when I'm excitable and can't calm down my mind. Otherwise, the white noise does the trick to send me to Dreamland.

Unfortunately I live in a California city that's 100% mexican. The only white noise machine that could drown the infernal noise these people make would be one that reproduces the sound of a 747 taking off.

[quote] 100% mexican

[quote] these people

You're Mexican?

As a kid, I used to fall asleep to the static on TV. At midnight, most channels would play the national anthem and then sign-off until morning. That reminds me of summer as a kid, because I got to stay up late enough to see them sign-off. Good times.

Howard Stern said he buys a box fan from Walgreens or CVS whenever he travels and then leaves it in the room.

In fact for easily ten years I did use a fan as a white noise machine and before that had a cd of rain sounds (no music or birds) for the same purpose. Haven't needed either for two or three years though.

Do any of you have noisy upstairs neighbors? I sleep with 2 white noise machines and have paid for wall-to-wall carpeting and padding in the rental apartment upstairs. I need total quiet but sometimes it's hard living in an apartment in NYC.

Birds can be insanely loud.

I have a fan going and listen to an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 to fall asleep.

For the white noise, I use an air conditioner for ~8 months. Off season, I use a humidifier and air purifier

By "white noise" do you mean Murder, She Wrote reruns on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries? Yes, I go to sleep to white noise every night.

"Also, you're listening to a white noise machine of whale sounds on top of an NPR podcast."

I don't think I could sleep to whale sounds.

[quote]By "white noise" do you mean Murder, She Wrote reruns on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries?

I fall asleep to MSW almost every night. There's something about that show that I find very comforting, especially the earlier episodes.

Fans are good for dogs who hear every little sound to fall asleep.

Am I the only one who uses an app? I usually pick rain, no thunder.

I have to have a fan running or I can’t sleep.

[quote]Am I the only one who uses an app? I usually pick rain, no thunder.

Same. Plug my phone into the clock radio charger and go to sleep to the sound of heavy rain.

All the white noise that we just don’t need

When I moved to suburbia from the city, the sound of silence was terrible, creepy even. It wasn't the only reason I left: the commute had a lot to do with it, but it played a part in my departure.

The sounds of the city - the sounds of the occasional car, a snitch of conversation, even a siren now and then - reassures me that I'm alive and living somewhere that things are happening. And that thought gets me to sleep in five minutes tops.

For me, there is something really helpful about a low-key sound (as a gay guy, I prefer the pink noise!) that makes the strange, random sounds less noticeable and therefore less irksome. There are some good apps that provide this sort of sound (along with a large digital clock, in some cases). The key is to keep the volume as low as possible while still getting the job done.

In the smart phone era I use the white noise app on my IPhone when I travel but years ago I have on more than one occasion bought a box fan while on vacation and left it behind!

I ask Siri to play one of the seven ambient sounds available on my HomePod. Night is my personal fave.

I use a Dohm white noise. It's good.

I use a white noise machine to cover the screams.