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Have you considered using a white-noise machine on your side of the bed?
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We also ordered "The Bedtime Beats: The Secrets to Sleep" CD, with classical songs that cycle at 60 to 80 beats per minute to mimic a resting heart beat, and the Marpac SleepMate 980A, a white-noise machine like Ms. Pedrick had suggested.
Cry for Help: Make This Tot Sleep Elizabeth Garone 2011
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About one-third to one-half of employers install white-noise devices, Ms. Stringer says.
Indecent Exposure: The Downsides of Working in a Glass Office Sue Shellenbarger 2012
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Daytime white-noise listeners say the sounds serve two main purposes: to block out distractions and lessen sounds that cause anxiety, such as sirens.
Listening to Shhhh in the City Aatekah Mir 2011
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And it certainly helps that you wander through the grove of 200-plus trees up to the memorial pools and that sound of water falling creates an absolute white-noise envelope that really separates you and allows you to focus on what is no longer here.
Public Pays Its Respects Sumathi Reddy 2011
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While there was plenty of colour, the peculiarly English, white-noise vocal sound of the ensemble remained, giving the performance a somewhat restrained feel.
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If you cannot control the noise, use a fan, earplugs, or a white-noise machine.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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If you cannot control the noise, use a fan, earplugs, or a white-noise machine.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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Stash a white-noise machine under your desk, or let the lull of gentle waves from a nature soundtrack drown out your officemate's blather.
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Stash a white-noise machine under your desk, or let the lull of gentle waves from a nature soundtrack drown out your officemate's blather.
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