Which Sound Is Best For Sleep?
Brown Noise, White Noise, Pink Noise, ASMR, Binaural Beats: the list is seemingly never-ending —...

Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: December 18, 2024
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.
In her spare time, she is an avid swimmer, mindfulness and yoga lover, occasionally bringing a raw, honest approach to the topics she faces. You may also discover some personal accounts of eye-opening wellbeing experiences amidst the reality of a disorientating, and often conflicting, modern wellbeing space.
- 1. Why we need great sleep
- 2. “A bath for your brain”
- 3. What is the evidence for using recorded sounds for sleep?
- 4. White Noise: ‘The Equaliser
- 5. Pink Noise: Nature’s soft lullaby
- 6. Brown noise: A grounding sound
- 7. ASMR: The nervous system’s story
- 8. Binaural beats: In tune with the mind
- 9. The sound… of silence?
- 10. Should I listen to Music to Sleep?
- 11. Should you set a timer for sleep sounds?
- 12. The takeaways