As the clock strikes 2:00 a.m., sleep remains out of reach. Despite trying countless strategies—cognitive shuffling, sheep counting, deep breathing—your mind continues its relentless marathon of ...

In addressing sleep disturbance in the elderly, assessment forms the cornerstone of care. It is important that nurses working with older adults ask about sleep and recognize when responses indicate a ...

“The sound machine can generate any of several types of sound, from nature [or] music,” Dr. Cory Portnuff, an audiologist at the University of Colorado Health’s Hearing and Balance Clinic, says. In ...

POV: It’s 2:00 a.m. and you can’t fall asleep. You’ve tried everything, from cognitive shuffling to counting sheep, but your brain won’t shut off. Your friend swears that white noise helps her sleep, ...

We tend to think of sleep as the time when our brains shut down for good, but in fact, what's around us, particularly sound, has great influence on how well we sleep. From the gentle patter of rain to ...

Having trouble falling and staying asleep is a common problem many people have. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine with the Sleep Research Society found that over one-quarter of American adults ...

New research reveals the ideal sleep duration for optimal brain health, suggesting that both too little and too much sleep ...

Ambience (sic) is a popular sleep sound app for Android. It features a clean, simple UI along with a variety of calming sounds. They include things like rain, waves, crickets, and even some music. It ...

Around 1990, Chattanoogan Sam Hall and his wife bought a mechanical white-noise generator to help them sleep after a neighbor's dog began yapping incessantly at night. Mark Kennedy is a veteran ...

Almost 1 in every 2 Generation Z adults uses white noise to help them get to sleep at night, a poll says. In the survey from Talker Research, 1,000 U.S. adults were asked: "Do you typically use white ...