It’s not necessarily room-filling, but it does pack a punch on the audio scale and can sound bigger than it appears - helping to better mask ambient noises that could disturb sleep. You can thank the high-fidelity 2.5-inch speakers for the latter. And few devices offered as many gradations between whisper quiet and booming loud as the Mini. Of course, if you can’t set the volume just right, you’ll be adjusting it all night. With the Sound+Sleep Mini, we never recognized those repeats. Sometimes hearing that tiny glitch when a soundscape has restarted made it more difficult for us to relax. Speaking of mundanity, some sound machines, such as the SoundSpa Portable and the Hatch Restore, have somewhat short soundtracks where you can recognize where the loop restarts. With such an array of sounds - more than any other we tested - it prevented the mundanity that we experienced hearing the same sounds over and over with most of the other machines. All of the soundscapes under the “Crowd” category reminded us of when we could go out to a café with a laptop. Crickets with light rain filled the space with a medley of natural sounds, transporting us to a relaxing night outdoors (without any of the actual bugs and rain). It would be a lot to list out 48 individual sounds, but here are a few highlights: Fireplace inspired the same warm, cozy vibe you get from a nearby crackling fireplace. If you’re looking for a plethora of sounds to soothe you into sleep, the Sound+Sleep Mini will fit the bill with more than 48 tracks across 12 categories that range from the standard (white and pink noise) to the environmental (rain or ocean). After several months, four stood above the rest: We tested 12 top-rated white noise machines (and four white noise apps), aiming for solutions with a variety of sound options and great volume control for heavy and light sleepers alike. “White noise machine” is a blanket term that consists of basic machines that do the bare minimum (that is, emit white noise at varying volumes) to high-end pieces of tech that feature lights, automations and more. Constant white noise, like the kind produced by a white noise machine, has been shown to improve sleep quality because it helps mask sudden bursts of noise that may help some people more easily fall and stay asleep. White noise machines that emit just that - consistent noise - fall squarely in the “better” category. Noise can affect sleep for better or worse. We’ll be featuring new products and exclusive deals all week, so check in every morning to see what’s new. This article is a part of CNN Underscored’s Guide to Sleep, a week-long focus on everything you need to sleep better. But if background noise or silence isn’t the source of your sleeping issues, you may want to think twice before you add a sound machine to your bedtime routine.Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account The benefits of a sound machine can outweigh this downside, he says. “Biologically, you don’t need this to sleep,” he says, “and if you use it every night, you can get so used to it that you can’t sleep without it.” He likens these sound machines to both a “crutch” and a form of psychological addiction-albeit a relatively harmless one. “It all depends on the individual,” Grandner saysįor some, the optimal sound might be none. Still others find all of these noises aggravating, she adds.īased on the existing research, the optimal type of sound for sleep comes down to personal preference. “I know from talking with my patients that some people prefer natural sounds, like a rainstorm or the rush of water, whereas others don’t want a sound they can attach an image to,” she says. She’s unaware of any research that directly compares pink noise to white noise in terms of their effects on sleep. “I don’t think there’s enough evidence yet to say one type is better than another,” says Michelle Drerup, a sleep psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
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