![]() Because the speakers aren’t in your ear, the sound has never been loud enough for me to drown out noisy passengers on an airplane the way sound through earbuds can. There are, as with most products, downsides. The options include a wireless ($99.95) and a wired version ($39.95), and both play any music, talk radio or white noise you have on your smartphone or computer. It fits around your forehead, though I position the band so the speakers are over my ears and the fabric covers my eyes. SleepPhones are flat speakers in a padded headband that allow side sleepers to avoid in-ear pain from earbuds. I’ve found a method that involves a combination of a gadget called SleepPhones, along with audio or videos of background talking (which, for me, seems to mask voices in hotel hallways and on airplanes). (Her favorite sleep sound? “Airplane cabin.”) (If you find yourself tiring of the free sounds, most of these sorts of apps have a paid version with additional tracks.) A travel colleague recommends White Noise Plus, as well as White Noise Ambience, from the makers of the Seasons app. And so instead they turn to free white noise and meditation apps like myNoise, Relax Melodies (among my favorites as it’s lovely to look at and allows for easy mixing of sounds like wind and rain), Rain Rain Sleep Sounds, White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds and Calm.Īn app called Seasons from Logicworks is delightful as you can choose sounds - like spring peepers, a barbecue, leaf raking, and icicles dripping - based on the four seasons.įor no money or a few dollars on iTunes, you can download soothing music and nature sounds, and you need not pack any extra gear. (If you’re in the market for a white noise machine, Wirecutter, the recommendation site that is part of The New York Times company, recommends the LectroFan by ASTI and the Marpac Dohm DS, each about $49.95.)įor frequent travelers, such devices aren’t practical solutions to take hither and yon. Yet it’s $99.99, about the size of a large softball. The Tranquil Moments Bedside Speaker & Sleep Sounds from Brookstone, for instance, has a dozen sounds (like ocean surf and rain) is portable and intuitive has a nice clear sound (the speaker can pair with your smartphone if you want to play your own music) and it can be loud enough to drown out noisy neighbors, which not all devices or apps, can do. Yet such gadgets, even so-called portable models that come with their own cases, are clunkier and more costly than apps. They join the ranks of traditional white noise and sleep machines with settings said to aid relaxation or alleviate jet lag. More and more smartphone apps are promising solutions. 2),” which has been reported to induce deep relaxation. ![]() Some watch YouTube videos of people whispering or performing mundane tasks, or listen to electronic and ambient music, like the British group Marconi Union’s “ Weightless (Ambient Transmissions Vol. Others listen to podcasts like “ Sleep With Me” which tells dull bedtime stories. There are those who drift off by instructing their Amazon Alexa or Google Home to play recordings of babbling brooks and cicadas. ![]() Some of us have enough trouble sleeping in our beds at home, let alone while traveling or changing time zones.
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