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This is an installment in the Sound as a Coping Skill Series — learning to take care of yourself and your nervous system, consciously, through sound. For more original soundscapes for sleep, study and relaxation, visit my channel Modern Music Medicine on YouTube.
Bring The Noise
It’s everywhere.
On YouTube videos, noise machines for sleeping and when you yank the HDMI cord out of the TV.
What exactly is all the buzz about white noise? How has this mush of frequencies risen to such popularity?
What is white noise?
White noise is made when all frequencies of sound that are audible to the human ear, 20Hz to 20k kHz, are played simultaneously and at the same intensity. Similarly, white noise is analogous to white light, whereas all the visible wavelengths are mixed together.
The sonic soundscape of white noise is a jack of all trades when it comes to affecting the brain and mood. White noise has the power to lull humans big and small into a sound sleep, mask other annoying random background noises like conversational chatter or tinnitus and improve focus and increase dopamine in the brains of those affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
