Tuesday, March 4, 2014

White noise machines may be hazardous to babies’ hearing: study - NY Daily News

White noise machines may be hazardous to babies’ hearing: study - NY Daily News: White noise machines may help babies sleep more soundly, but they may also damage their delicate ears, a group of researchers warned.

Some widely available brands of infant sleep machines — which, like ambient noise machines for adults, emit a variety of soothing sounds designed to block out external noise — are capable of playing at volumes that could impair an infant's hearing, according to a study published March 3 in the journal Pediatrics.

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