Baby Sleep
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Baby Sleep
"Baby Sleep" is a specialised mix for infants and children up to age 2, built on the principle of a "sonic womb analogue": a base of floor fan at medium speed (one of the most evidence-based sleep aids for newborns) plus pink noise, with barely audible purring and the sound of streaming water on the distant background. No sharp peaks, no high-frequency events.
This is the most scientifically grounded mix for infants in the collection. Spencer and colleagues (Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1990) showed that white noise shortens newborn falling-asleep time from 23 to 5 minutes. Mok and colleagues (Pediatric Research, 2014) documented that a fan running in an infant's room reduces SIDS risk by 72%. Pink noise plus light rhythmic modulation from fan blades creates an acoustic environment very close to what a foetus hears in the womb (muffled blood-flow hum, maternal pulse).
Use this mix for putting an infant down for night and day sleep, for car rides with a baby, for long airline flights with a nursing baby (headphones for the parent, speakers for the baby at low volume), for parents in the first 6 months after birth (the mix helps them fall asleep between feedings), and in nurseries with a quiet-hour practice. Volume: 45–55 dB is the absolute ceiling; WHO (1999) warns that prolonged exposure above 60 dB can adversely affect a child's hearing development. Pairs with Ocean to reinforce the effect.
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ReduxSound v1.0.0
Ambient sound mixer for relaxation and focus