A stressful day can make sleep so difficult, especially if there are other distracting noises - barking dogs & traffic sounds. Rain noises can be useful by masking these noises. A good example of Pink Noise, rain sounds are characterized by louder sounds at low frequencies and quieter at high frequencies when compared to classic white noise.

Pink noise is common in living organisms - animals naturally produce pink noise as part of their internal function. Heartbeats are a good example of pink noise. Research indicates that pink noise can be especially helpful to improve sleep for healthy individuals, including evidence that pink noise enhances slow wave sleep cycles, where the brain is less responsive to outside sounds, an important sleep stage for sustaining brain and body health.

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Noise can interrupt sleep, and interrupted sleep is less restorative. Undesirable noise, like air and vehicle traffic that doesn't disturb sleep can still affect sleep by changing the time we spend in different sleep stages, increasing lighter sleep stages and decreasing more restorative slow wave and REM sleep. A very popular solution is to mask unwanted noise with a more desirable acoustic environment. Many find that masking background noise helps to distract from anxious or intrusive thoughts and readies the mind for sleep. Sound therapies are a proven solution for help with Sleep, Relaxation, Focus, Meditation, Study, Insomnia and Sleep Disorders, Stress Relief, and Anxiety.

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Closely monitor sound levels - volume too high can make sleep difficult. Sound levels too high can make sleep difficult. We recommend a volume around 50-60 decibels, approximately the volume of moderate rainfall or quiet conversation. An app to measure sound level can be easily found wherever you download apps. The search phrase ‘sound level meter’ should produce multiple results.

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