38% of Americans can’t sleep in silence, and rely on white noise to help them catch Zs, a survey of 1,000 adults found. Gen Zers are most likely to use white noise sounds, and boomers are least likely. “White noise can be a powerful sleep aid,” Chelsea Perry of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine said. High exposure to screens and constant stimulation may have conditioned younger minds to need “soft noise” to calm down. “White noise might offer a calming transition, helping counteract the overstimulation from phones,” she explained. (swnsdigital)
Phone Topic: Do you prefer quiet or noise when trying to go to bed?