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Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean and more. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac/W.carter/Wikimedia Commons Working in an office or in the city, ...

Unlike white noise, which can emulate crackling, high-pitched static, like an out-of-tune television or radio, pink noise ...

It's no secret that rain sounds offer troubled sleepers comfort. "Rain is predictable, calming, stable, and non-threatening," says Dr. Shelby Harris, a behavioral sleep-medicine specialist. According ...

Ambient music, background noise and calming sound effects have soothed the anxious, isolated and sleep deprived this year. By Zoë Beery The soundtrack to Maya Montoya’s year was white noise.