Insomnia

The brain is programmed to arouse you when you hear any distinct noise. The best way to improve your sleep may be to decide upon a way to reduce the noise in your sleeping environment. Options might include

• changing to a different room
• insulating your room from noise
• using a device that can drown out interesting noises with a monotonous sound, such as a fan or a radio that is tuned to static between stations.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 8/18/2006 Date Last Modified: 8/7/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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