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robysue wrote:I use a very long Gregorian Chant playlist on my iPod. I have the iPod inserted into an iHome so that I don't have to wear earbuds/earphones all night long. I play the chants at a very low volume. Works wonders for me and hubby likes them too

I have bookmarked this thread for future reading. I have for the LONGEST time been wanting to listen to chanting monks. Through you, FINALLY I can listen to this type of music. I guess its the Catholic side of me coming out growing up. It is sooo calming. That can also be found on Pandora for Android.

Thank you again Robysue!

Starlette

Music disturbs my sleep but the sound of the human voice helps me sleep (too many hours of my life spent in lecture halls???). I listen to podcasts on Stitcher, mostly NPR.

You do have to choose your podcasts carefully, however. A Howard Stern broadcast would never work! I love Fresh Air with Terry Gross but sometimes there's a music critique segment at the end and those often wake me with some jarringly discordant experimental music sample. And Radio Lab once woke me and had me groping for the phone when a story they were doing featured the sound of a phone ringing and the caller repeatedly asking for "Janice, Janice". After peeling off my mask I was yelling into the phone receiver--"who is it???"

My iPhone has a sleep timer. I fall asleep quickly, so I set the timer for 20 minutes and rarely make it through 5 minute of the podcast before I'm out. It's easy to turn back on if I wake, as I usually do around 5:30 a.m. when it's time to turn over.

Slightly OT, but I like a baseline of white noise enhanced with a babbling creek soundscape in the background... oddly I don't much like either alone, however together they are really soothing. For the babbling creek I've got a cheapo sound machine I bought at RiteAid fifteen years ago (still works fine) and for the white noise I've got an old 12volt CCrane radio from S. Africa. That has an obsolete TV channel band, but since the FCC killed that broadcast band and stole the frequencies for the military,it's now just a bunch of pure white noise, mostly of the AM radio style, ie. a so-called brown noise (more of a low pitched tone, which I like).

These choices work good for me, but I think any natural sounds generator from Sharper Image or Radio Shack will do the trick for most people. Oh, by the way, there's are THREE SCHOOLS across from my house, so at 7:00am the traffic noise and screaming is terrible... therefore on weekdays my sound escape gets cranked to the MAX!!!

Starlette wrote:

robysue wrote:I use a very long Gregorian Chant playlist on my iPod. I have the iPod inserted into an iHome so that I don't have to wear earbuds/earphones all night long. I play the chants at a very low volume. Works wonders for me and hubby likes them too

I have bookmarked this thread for future reading. I have for the LONGEST time been wanting to listen to chanting monks. Through you, FINALLY I can listen to this type of music. I guess its the Catholic side of me coming out growing up. It is sooo calming. That can also be found on Pandora for Android.

Thank you again Robysue!

Starlette

For chants try Robert Gass & On Wings Of Song . They do very long chants from all over the world. I used to use them when I did massage.
http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Gass-On-Wi ... mus_dp_pel
http://www.springhillmedia.com/b.php?a=RGASS

Thanks everyone for your input. Looks like I've got a few night's worth of things to check out. Last night I listened to classical soft jazz guitar - if that makes any sense. Can't say if it made me sleep any deeper or have less wakings or not. Got a bum shoulder that causes me grief, but in between waking up with the pain, I sleep pretty good.

Some of you might remember that along with my PLMD with it's repetitive movements comes a sense of my brain being stuck on repeat too. A single short scene, a sentence, or a line from a song will repeat endlessly in my head as a dream if I don't give my brain something to listen to so it doesn't get stuck. Even though I am well into my 2nd year with the TENS Unit is managing my limb movements, the stuck thoughts have remained relentless if I try to sleep with no background noise. I have learned to not stress out when it happens, but I'd rather avoid it as my sleep feels superficial all night when it happens. I'm just now getting to the point of experimenting to see if it matters what I listen too. I was concerned that instrumentals might not be enough to keep my mind from getting stuck, but last night I had no problems with it.

UGH. Just had a thought. Lots of people post about their mind going all night. Wonder if any of them have repetitive thoughts or also have PLMD...hmmm.

Thanks again everyone!

kteague wrote: UGH. Just had a thought. Lots of people post about their mind going all night. Wonder if any of them have repetitive thoughts or also have PLMD...hmmm.

Thanks again everyone!

I do get a section of a song caught in my head. Often from a song I don't full know. If I can find the song and listen to the whole then, it helps.

My main problem is that if I go to bed, and it is simply quiet, I will think about things and not fall asleep. I do not like white noise. When I first started with the apap machine, I had trouble because I could hear myself breathing. I can also sometimes hear or feel (and think I hear) my heartbeat. So, it helps me to have the tv on. When I travel, I am often stuck without the tv. My mom uses ear plus and an eye mask, so she doesn't mind if I leave the tv on. But if I travel with somebody else, I can't leave the tv on. I used to listen to my ipod with one ear phone on which was annoying physically. I have bought a new speaker that has a nice sound. So, I can use that too. My music, playing quietly, does not bother anybody. And since they are sound tracks to movies I know well, I can often play part of the movie in my head and, in effect, have the tv on. At least it takes my mind off whatever else I would be thinking about.

Narada Decade.
2 disk set--I've had it for years.

I listen to Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcasts on my iPod. They're interesting enough to catch my attention and then I find myself nodding out in less than 5 minutes. The podcasts are free and available on iTunes for Windows and Mac.

I have headphones (not ear buds) that go around the back of the head rather than over the top, that work well with my mask.

Guess I've been fortunate in that sleep onset insomnia is not too much of a problem for me. I try to prepare for what might happen in my sleep so I can stay asleep. Some of the listening material intrigues me and I want to hear them while I'm awake.

I use audiobooks for all my reading. My favorite site is audible.com. But I've read a couple of really good free audiobooks at podiobooks.com.

Music tends to keep me awake, but someone talking puts me to sleep! Luckily on the audible.com app you can bookmark where you start!

Live365 gives you a huge selection of music - some of the channels in the New Age section are for relaxing, but there are probably others. You may need a subscription to stop the ads - they would disturb my sleep! On my Kindle Fire I have Tunein, and have Sky.FM classical guitar, which is also very relaxing.

Ach, I guess I am too old! My hubby and I LOVED to dance. Actually we virtually LIVED to dance. Between my lungs and his back surgeries we seldom make it thru the first half of any song today - but in our day .....

I have a collection of some 300 45s and heaven knows how many LPs of our favorite songs and albums. I've been copying them over onto my 'puter and at first made CDs and now make flash drives of my favorite songs. I play them at bedtime and just waltz or Tennessee two-step my way off to sleep, quite often before making it thru the second half of the second song. If I wake up during the night, my music is still playing and after a trip to the throne I dance off to sleep again w/in one or two songs. That music also makes for a gentle wakening in the morning.

I've slept fairly well for my PSGs where I was allowed to have my music and did NOT sleep for beans for any of my PSGs where I wasn't allowed to have my music. For instance: I only slept 48 minutes out of 6 hours bedtime and 92 minutes out of 6 hours bedtime w/o my music. But I would get 5-7 hours sleep for my PSGs where I was allowed to let my music run all night. Go figger! Its what works for me.

Tinnitus and Ringing-in-the-Ears

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Tinnitus is not a disease, but a symptom that can result from a wide range of underlying causes: abnormally loud sounds in the ear canal for even the briefest period (but usually with some duration), ear infections, foreign objects in the ear, nose allergies that prevent (or induce) fluid drain, or wax build-up. In-ear headphones via sound entered directly into the ear canal itself, without any opportunity to be deflected or absorbed elsewhere are a popular cause of Tinnitus with volume set beyond modest or moderate levels.

Tinnitus can also be caused by natural hearing impairment (as in aging), as a side-effect of some medications, and as a side effect of genetic (congenital) hearing loss. However, the most common cause for tinnitus is noise-induced hearing loss. Some sufferers require masking at all times.

As Tinnitus is usually a subjective phenomenon, it is difficult to measure using objective tests, such as by comparison with noise of known frequency and intensity, as in an audiometric test. The condition is often rated clinically on a simple scale from "slight" to "catastrophic" according to the practical difficulties it imposes, such as interference with sleep, quiet activities, and normal daily activities.

Some listeners have had much success using a Sound Pillow. This pillow has speakers inside. The one possible drawback could be that your partner might hear the sound.

Sure has worked for me Might be part of CPAP problems??