White Noise Machine

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<p>Just bought son one from amazon.com. He is using it since he has 3 roommates in the house. It helps. I bought it sight unseen but with 453 mainly positive reviews, I gave it a shot.</p>

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<p>I have an app called ambiance on my ipod that I LOVE.
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<p>I once borrowed a friends noise canceling headphones (we were staying in a hotel in Germany over a weekend and the revelers partied until @ 4am - didn’t bother my room mate but drove me nuts). I was surprised how effective they were - although I could still hear the partyers at first, my brain seemed to focus on the white noise in the headphones and block out the outside noises. Unfortunately I think they were Bose headphones so rather expensive but maybe there are similar more affordable ones. Also I had to sleep on my back as they are big headphones making sleeping on my side impossible. But they saved my sanity and my temper!!</p>

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<p>earplugs can also be very effective
a trick to inserting them is pull your ear with your opposite hand to straighten the ear canal while you insert the foam plug and hold in place with the other, while it expands to the shape of the canal.
I get very distracted by noise- so I have had to get tricks that work.</p>

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<p>Check out local drugstores - after years of trying to sleep next to a heavy-duty snorer, I found that a cheap, noisy fan works as well as anything. The bad news-- I am now “addicted” and need it to sleep year-round.</p>

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<p>I would like to add that some alarm clocks/clock radios and the like also have white noise machines built-in to them. I think my sister has one of those and is quite satisfied with the quality of it.</p>

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<p>The soft rubber ear plugs work very well. I found that it only takes a short period of time to get used to them.</p>

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<p>Hello all…new here and looking for some advice or perhaps a recommendation. I’m comparing specs on [white</a> noise machines](<a href=“http://www.soundmachinesdirect.com%5Dwhite”>http://www.soundmachinesdirect.com) - has anyone bought or used anything from soundmachinesdirect.com or [White-noise</a> home](<a href=“http://www.White-Noise.us%5DWhite-noise”>http://www.White-Noise.us) ? I’ve found some user reviews on amazon so far but some honest opinions or recommendations as to why or why not to shop with them and what the effectiveness of their products is would be appreciated. I didn’t realize there were so many available options…it’s a bit overwhelming to be honest.</p>

<p>Cheers & Thanks!</p>

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<p>I had a white noise machine from Sharper Image that I used nightly for years. Then my naturopath gave me Vitamin D supplements. I did not need the white noise machine anymore and starting sleeping better than I have in years.</p>