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I've read using noises to aid sleep systematically leads to some sort of damage. Does it?

• greymalik 4y ago
  From TFA: “ There isn’t likely to be any danger in listening to BROWN NOISE for, say, eight hours at a time, Dr. Berlau said, unless someone plays the sound at unsafe volumes (listening to noise above 70 decibels over a long period of time can damage your hearing).”
  • qwerty456127 4y ago
    But what if I listen to them every single night for years (although just for half an hour at a time)?
    • NoGravitas 4y ago
      The only consequence I can think of is that you might find it harder to go to sleep without them for a while. That was my experience with always using a mechanical background noise generator throughout my childhood, and then not.
      • bityard 4y ago
        > a mechanical background noise generator What is this? A fan?
        • NoGravitas 4y ago
          It's like a fan in an enclosure with adjustable vents. It's louder than a fan of equivalent size. They've mostly been replaced by electronic background noise generators these days.