Noise Isn’t Just Noise
I discovered that brown noise is my favourite noise. If you asked me before I encountered that article (warning: that NYT’s article will make noise while you scroll), I would have said that I like white noise for drowning out other noise around me. But that’s because I called all sounds “white noise,” lumping the sound of rain in with the sound of dishwashers. And static.
But there are differences between white noise, pink noise, and brown noise, and my brain likes brown noise. Isn’t life amazing that you can be in your late forties and still learn something new about yourself?
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I discovered brown noise recently too and it’s my favorite as well. Much less jarring than white noise.
I’d never heard of brown noise, or pink noise or violet noise! I love learning about new things like this. I like brown noise too – the sound of the rain especially, or an aeroplane, or a gentle wind (as opposed to the wind that keeps me awake because it bashes into our house and threatens to lift the roof!). My husband likes the fan noise, because he has tinnitus and it helps him get to sleep.