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hlthe2b

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6. I used to sleep to BBC when I worked overseas in non-English speaking countries... it was soothing...

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 08:48 PM

Jan 15

Now I find it difficult to sleep in silence and often listen to TUNE-IN radio repeats of the day's MSNBC shows (which on weekends will turn into Dateline)... As bizarre as it might sound, the sound of some of those Dateline hosts is very soothing as well--especially Keith Morrison (and I am oblivious to what they are saying/reporting)... Yeah, I'm strange...

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Who here uses a white noise machine or any white noise app +/- headphones to help them sleep or whatever reason? [View all] tornado34jh Jan 15 OP

YouTube videos of rainstorms are great for that. C_U_L8R Jan 15 #1

I do a variety of ones, sometimes even music will do the trick tornado34jh Jan 16 #21

Just A TV ProfessorGAC Jan 15 #2

Unless it is heavy rain/light thunder, hurricane or high winds, I always will have some sort of background noise. tornado34jh Jan 16 #22

My wife has a sound machine for white noise CanonRay Jan 15 #3

I guess each person has a different taste to it. tornado34jh Jan 16 #33

I knew a couple who had to have Scandinavian murder mysteries running to be able to sleep erronis Jan 15 #4

See my post downstream. I often fall asleep to Keith Morrison doing Dateline episodes....LOL hlthe2b Jan 15 #7

Interesting. I used to just have sports on at low volume and would just leave it on and I would end up falling asleep tornado34jh Jan 16 #34

I tell Alexa to play ocean sounds. Ocelot II Jan 15 #5

Or the station Ambient, or the station Sleep. Works great. Ferrets are Cool Jan 15 #13

Interesting. I used to have Alexa, but I just never really used it. tornado34jh Jan 16 #35

I used to sleep to BBC when I worked overseas in non-English speaking countries... it was soothing... hlthe2b Jan 15 #6

I used to watch Keith Morrison on some of the Investigation Discovery shows tornado34jh Jan 16 #36

Get Sleepy - podcast ajmstpete Jan 15 #8

Interesting, it sounds like it would work with the right audiobooks too tornado34jh Jan 16 #37

I bought a sound machine for my dog & I like it too! CrispyQ Jan 15 #9

Have you heard of lectrofan? tornado34jh Jan 16 #38

I have this, makes a light noise and cleans the air Clouds Passing Jan 15 #10

Interesting, I would have never guessed that. tornado34jh Jan 16 #39

It is easily portable. The noise is audible, but it's not loud or obnoxious. It's soothing. Clouds Passing Jan 17 #44

TV in background MaryMagdaline Jan 15 #11

Youtube has tons of 12 hr videos of music/noise to help you sleep. Probably 1000's of them. Ferrets are Cool Jan 15 #12

Ironically, dark ambient sometimes makes me sleep, and I don't know why. tornado34jh Jan 16 #40

I use the sound generator on my iPhone. TomSlick Jan 15 #14

My iPhone purrs if I want it to. Ocelot II Jan 15 #17

I'll look for that. TomSlick Jan 15 #19

The one I use is TM White Noise Pro tornado34jh Jan 16 #41

I use the app "Sleep Pillow" on my iphone, woodsprite Jan 15 #15

I bought a detacated sound machine years ago. I liked it...I can sleep with it or without it..But I liked it.I now use mitch96 Jan 15 #16

I have the original white-noise, put-you-to-sleep app. Intractable Jan 15 #18

Same here. TurboDem Jan 16 #31

always Skittles Jan 15 #20

Ugh, I hate the sounds of weed eaters and leaf blowers tornado34jh Jan 16 #25

I usually have Alexa play Windy Leaves unless my air filter is running. nt Ilsa Jan 16 #23

Interesting. I used to have a white noise machine that had summer night sounds and all that. tornado34jh Jan 16 #24

Sleepphones by Acoustic Sheep ultralite001 Jan 16 #26

Being a light sleeper I have used a white noise machine for years. Nt yaesu Jan 16 #27

I have a sound machine set at "ocean waves" nuxvomica Jan 16 #28

to counter tinnitus Stardust Mirror Jan 16 #29

I'm the opposite 10 Turtle Day Jan 16 #30

I listen to thunderstorm sounds, and Luciferous Jan 16 #32

Movies. It's like having a bed time story. wnylib Jan 17 #42

For relaxing electronica, try Somafm.com bif Jan 17 #43

My wife and I sleep with the window open and the fan on Aristus Jan 17 #45