Broadband Sound Administration Improves Sleep Onset Latency in Healthy Subjects in a Model of Transient Insomnia

Broadband Sound Administration Improves Sleep Onset Latency in Healthy Subjects in a Model of Transient Insomnia

BackgroundInsomnia is a major public health problem in western countries. Previous small pilot studies showed that the administration of constant white noise can improve sleep quality, increase acoustic arousal threshold, and reduce sleep onset latency. In this randomized controlled trial, we tested...

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Main Authors: Ludovico Messineo, Luigi Taranto-Montemurro, Scott A. Sands, Melania D. Oliveira Marques, Ali Azabarzin, David Andrew Wellman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
filtered white noise
sleep onset latency
insomnia alternative treatments
effective sleep aids
increased arousal threshold
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00718/full

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