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Gys on June 28, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Effect of Noise on Sleep

What is the purpose of hearing the white noise? Is it to shield from other sounds? Or to distract from thinking? Are you focussing on it or not?

mmh0000 on June 28, 2025 [–]

The brain can easily tune it out and it masks another intermittent sounds.

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