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Hm, can it have some health implications? Ears covered all the time plus constant sound.


Definitely, most people using noise to treat a noise problem will sooner or later get tinnitus and hearing loss if they do this constantly over years. Btw, I have tinnitus, it's not fun. Protect your ears people.


It's all about the volume. I'm not listening at a high volume since the brown noise does a great job of blocking out all sounds. It's actually quite soothing, kind of like a waterfall.

Discussion about it from a few months back, from a NYT article. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32998960

I'm not worried.




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