Can white noise help you sleep better?

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Pink and brown noise, too. The jury's out on this one.

Do you use one of these noise generators to help you fall asleep.

What’s your favorite bedtime jam? Do you doze off to jazz, a babbling brook, a crackling fire or a whirling fan of white noise? Or maybe you’re a sound aficionado, and have replaced your white noise machine with one that provides the more fashionable pink or brown noise?
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Whatever your pleasure, know this: While continuously listening to low decibel calming sounds at night doesn’t appear to be harmful, there also isn’t much science behind how, why – or even if – sound machines help sleep.

White noise (and pink and brown): The science behind the sounds | CNN

Have you heard people talk about white noise? Sleep noise machines are everywhere, lulling us off to dreamland with peaceful white, pink and brown sounds. But what does the science say about how they work?

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[Tiffany]

YES!! I have a large tower hepa machine near me and turn it up on the highest setting every night.