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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

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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 Wednesday OP

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

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

Just A TV ProfessorGAC Wednesday #2

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

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

I guess each person has a different taste to it. tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #33

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

See my post downstream. I often fall asleep to Keith Morrison doing Dateline episodes....LOL hlthe2b Wednesday #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 14 hrs ago #34

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

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

Interesting. I used to have Alexa, but I just never really used it. tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #35

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

I used to watch Keith Morrison on some of the Investigation Discovery shows tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #36

Get Sleepy - podcast ajmstpete Wednesday #8

Interesting, it sounds like it would work with the right audiobooks too tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #37

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

Have you heard of lectrofan? tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #38

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

Interesting, I would have never guessed that. tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #39

It is easily portable. The noise is audible, but it's not loud or obnoxious. It's soothing. Clouds Passing 2 hrs ago #44

TV in background MaryMagdaline Wednesday #11

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

Ironically, dark ambient sometimes makes me sleep, and I don't know why. tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #40

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

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

I'll look for that. TomSlick Wednesday #19

The one I use is TM White Noise Pro tornado34jh 14 hrs ago #41

I use the app "Sleep Pillow" on my iphone, woodsprite Wednesday #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 Wednesday #16

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

Same here. TurboDem Yesterday #31

always Skittles Wednesday #20

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

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

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

Sleepphones by Acoustic Sheep ultralite001 Yesterday #26

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

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

to counter tinnitus Stardust Mirror Yesterday #29

I'm the opposite 10 Turtle Day Yesterday #30

I listen to thunderstorm sounds, and Luciferous Yesterday #32

Movies. It's like having a bed time story. wnylib 4 hrs ago #42

For relaxing electronica, try Somafm.com bif 4 hrs ago #43

My wife and I sleep with the window open and the fan on Aristus 2 hrs ago #45