I thought this was pretty interesting. If the white noise machines article/study worried you, does this change your mind at all?
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I saw the original article. We use a marpac dohm and will continue to use it. And while my toddler may not respond when I call for him, I can almost 100% guarantee that this is more likely due to his toddler 'tude than any hearing issues associated to our noise machine usage.
My parenting mantra thus far has been "everything in moderation" and that goes across taking in articles such as this one and other hazards, etc.
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Thanks for posting this...good to see a follow-up article about this. I wasn't really all that concerned, however, I have turned down his sound machine a few notches just to be on the safe side.
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Eh we blasted white noise when my son was an infant (colic) and we have been worried about hearing but he has absolutely no hearing loss at all.
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@wonderstruck: What a great article! Thanks for sharing!!
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I saw the original article and was a little concerned but I did some research on my own. I measured the decibels of our Dohm (on the loudest setting), both in the PnP where his head usually is and where I usually put him in our be when I nurse him and it ranged from 50-60 decibels. As the article points out, 60 decibels is normal conversation level noise. So are we not supposed to talk around him for 8 hours a day either? He's probably exposed to much more noise all day long at daycare.
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@ShootingStar: That's what I was thinking too - obviously I'm going to talk to my baby, but my voice is definitely louder than his sound machine!
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@mrsjyw: haha, toddler 'tude! Totally!
My son has had his hearing tested, so I am confident he doesn't have any hearing loss, but I will be honest, I am sensitive to background noise, especially during awake time. It causes everyone to raise their voices, which is annoying.
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I felt like that article from the other day was really inflammatory, so I am really glad to see this follow-up. Thanks for sharing!
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@looch: Yeah, I agree that I'm not big on background noise out in the living area - the TV doesn't need to be on if it's not being watched, etc. But without some soft white noise in the bedroom, L is woken up every night by our neighbor's dogs or his garage door that's pretty close to L's window.
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@wonderstruck: thanks for posting this. Common sense told me the other articles were overreacting but it still freaked me out, since I'm one of those people with the machine next to the crib on a high volume. I have moved it a little bit away and am being more conservative with the volume but not going crazy.
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I didn't panic when I read the original article but I'm glad to have the reassurance. We use white noise but it is quieter than my speaking voice!
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