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12. Youtube has tons of 12 hr videos of music/noise to help you sleep. Probably 1000's of them.

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Wed Jan 15, 2025, 09:57 PM

Jan 15

Most of them that use black screens after a few minutes. I use them ALL the time.

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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