Extended exposure to white noise, pink noise, or brown noise may damage the auditory system and cause background stress. — Whalespan
Extended exposure to white noise, pink noise, or brown noise may damage the auditory system and cause background stress.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“In addition, if you're going to use sound as a stimulus for increasing focus and alertness, trying to avoid exposure to white noise, pink noise or brown noise for extended periods of time, for more than an hour or so, that might actually be damaging to the auditory system. And at the very least, is kind of stressful, even though you might not notice it, it's kind of a background level of anxiety and stress that is not going to serve you well.”