Wellness
Its like a gentle rainfall.
(Half of its160 million viewsare mine.)
Green noiseis a variation of white noise that has alow frequency of about 500 hertz, saysDr.
Shelby Harris, a board-certified behavior sleep medicine specialist and director of sleep health atSleepopolis.
Again, a fan or air conditioner usually does the trick, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
If theres something particularly loud happening outside, thats when I turn on my trustywhite noise apps.
The first night I tried it, I was knocked out instantly.
Theres nothing staticky about rainfall.
I noticed that Ifell asleep a little fasterwith the green noise and that it helped my body relax.
Chelsie Rohrscheib, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and head sleep expert atWesper.
Rohrscheib notes some people have an arousal threshold that makes them extra responsive to stimuli.
(Cough,me.)
There might even be something evolutionary going on, she says, since pretty mucheveryonefindsrain and ocean sounds relaxing.
As an extralight sleeper, green noise will definitely be my new go-to bedtime soundtrack.
Studies referenced:
Angwin, AJ.White noise enhances new-word learning in healthy adults.Sci Rep. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13383-3.
Capezuti, E. (2022).Systematic review: auditory stimulation and sleep.J Clin Sleep Med.
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(2018).Hyperarousal and sleep reactivity in insomnia: current insights.Nat Sci Sleep.
(2020).Spectral content (colour) of noise exposure affects work efficiency.Noise Health.
