Can brown noise turn off your brain?

Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by nativespecies on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:12PM (#33022705)

10000% effective for me in order to sleep. I live in a loud neighborhood with very rude neighbors who play loud bass. Brown noise (albeit cranked very loudly via a Lectrofan brand machine) keeps low frequency nuisance at bay. It can't block out the physical aspects of loud upstairs neighbors stomping or loud cars rumbling past, but it has really saved my sanity and blocked 90% of the noise.

White noise on the other hand doesn't really do it as much for me, but is helpful for blocking out people talking, higher frequency sounds, etc.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by afandian on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:28PM (#33025089)

These 3M 1100 earplus are magic. (You can get them at Screwfix in the UK.)

https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/p/d/b00017649/

I always keep a few spare packets in my bag. On a few occasions (usually conferences) people have been grateful for them.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by levymetal on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:34PM (#33027527)

After using foam earplugs daily for 5 years my inner ears became very sensitive to the point that plugs caused extreme pain.

After a bit of research I found these https://www.happyearsearplugs.com/

These don’t go into the ear as far so aren’t painful. I feel the reduction in noise isn’t as good, but the frequency response is much more even. I wear these under noise cancelling headphones to watch TV and listen to music in total isolation. You do lose a bit of fidelity but it’s still very liveable.

Also, I get about 6 months to a year out of each pair which is less wasteful than foam earplugs.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by Ephil012 on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:20AM (#33030889)

There's also some great reusable earplugs which are much better for the environment than foam earplugs. Plus, it saves money long term vs buying a bunch of foam earplugs

https://us.loopearplugs.com/products/quiet

https://www.flareaudio.com/products/sleeep-pro

https://www.happyearsearplugs.com/ (which someone already mentioned on here)

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by mortenjorck on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:45PM (#33027689)

I'm a big fan of Flents Quiet Contour: https://flents.com/collections/ear-plugs/products/quiet-cont...

I've never tried the 3M 1100s, though.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by switch007 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @03:35PM (#33025932)

Agreed. I tried quite a few different ones before settling on these. I've used them for 10 years

You can usually get a box of 200 pairs for ~£20 on Amazon.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by drited on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:33PM (#33026757)

3m Peltor x5a also very good.

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Re:Can brown noise turn off your brain? by theGnuMe on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:06PM (#33023766)

Same, I live by a busy road. Can't sleep without it.

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