sleep quality - white noise versus no white noise

[-Guido-]

I need a fan to fall asleep.

 

[bingalpaws]

I can't stand any noise, even the vague humming of speakers when I'm trying to sleep. You guys are strange, I've never heard of people doing this sort of thing before

Really? I've got a similar thread on a different board (unrelated to bl in any way) and virtually everyone that responded uses fans - of course nobody responded with evidence/studies or anything to answer the question there tho which is why I started one here too.

Out of the people I know the most in real life, the majority seem to sleep with fans.

 

[Ximot]

Quietophobics...

 

[Mona Lisa]

I used to live right by a railway and noticed that after a few weeks I hardly noticed the sound and vibrations from the trains, and in fact found it soothing