Continuous White Noise to Reduce Resistance Going to Sleep and Night Wakings in Toddlers

Forquer, LeAnne M.; Johnson, C. Merle

doi:10.1300/j019v27n02_01

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“…In the present study, we only investigated the effects of parental and mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement on infants’ CR, but these sensory stimuli also improve infant sleep. Swaddling has been found to make infants sleep longer [37], white noise promotes falling asleep quicker [38] and promotes waking less during the night [39], and movement accelerates sleep onset and induces deeper sleep [33,40]. The simultaneous use of the 5S’s also seem to boost infant sleep.…”

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Infant crying and the calming response: Parental versus mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement

2019

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Background Frequent infant crying is associated with parental exhaustion, depression, or even infant hospitalization and shaken baby syndrome. Effective prompt soothing methods are lacking for infants under 6 months. We examined whether swaddling, sound, and movement evoked an immediate calming response (CR) when parents soothed their infants and using a smart crib, and whether infant age affected the CR. Methods Infants’ CR was assessed in a community sample of 69 infants (0–6 months) in a counterbalanced experiment with two conditions (parent, smart crib) each composed of three two-minute phases (baseline, supine, soothing). During baseline 1, parent and infant were sitting together; in supine 1, fussiness was elicited by putting the infant suddenly supine, followed by parental soothing (shushing and jiggling of the swaddled infant). Baseline 2, supine 2, and soothing by the crib followed. Fussiness was observed and infant heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) were recorded. The CR was operationalized as decreased fussiness and HR, and increased HRV during soothing compared to lying supine. Results Infant fussiness and HR were lower in both soothing phases compared to the supine phases. Infant HRV tended to be higher during parental soothing than during supine, but did not significantly differ between mechanical soothing and supine. Younger infants responded with a stronger CR (decreased fussiness and increased HRV) to parental soothing, but not to mechanical soothing. For HR, infants’ CR was stronger in the crib than in the parent condition, whereas for HRV, infants’ CR was stronger in the parent condition. For fussiness, infants’ CR tended to be stronger in the parent condition. Conclusion Parental and mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement promptly induced a CR in infants. This has important clinical implications for soothing fussy and crying infants. Future studies should investigate the effects of parental versus mechanical soothing in the home setting.

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Infant crying and the calming response: Parental versus mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement

2019

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“…An environmental manipulation that may decrease attention problems and enhance performance in children with ADHD is white noise (continuous sound from 20 to 20,000 Hz). White noise has been shown to reduce crying in infants and young children (Forquer & Johnson, 2005) and improve sleep of hospital patients (Stanchina, Abu-Hijleh, Chaudhry, Carlisle, & Millman, 2005). Soderlund, Sikstrom, and Smart (2007) found that children with ADHD performed a task with higher accuracy when white noise was present, and their performance was similar to that of non-ADHD control children during a no-noise condition.…”

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Effects of white noise on off‐task behavior and academic responding for children with ADHD

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Johnson

2013

J of App Behav Analysis

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We evaluated the effects of white noise played through headphones on off-task behavior, percentage of items completed, and percentage of items completed correctly for 3 students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Headphones plus white noise were associated with decreases in off-task behavior relative to baseline and headphones-only (no white noise) control conditions. Little change in academic responding occurred across conditions for all participants.

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“…Whilst most psychological studies on environmental noise concentrate on its distracting effect [7], [8], [9], there are a number of studies that find cognitive benefits to certain types of background noise. For example studies have found that background white noise gives cognitive benefits to monkeys [10], geriatrics [11] and ADHD children [12], and promotes sleep in infants [13]. Di et.…”

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Tuning Into The Task: Sonic Environmental Cues And Mental Task Switching

Gifford¹

2016

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display - ICAD 2016

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This position paper suggests a novel approach to enhancing productivity for professionals whose core business is deep thinking, by manipulation of the sonic environment. Approaching the issue from the perspective of sound-design, it proposes the composition and algorithmic generation of background soundscapes that promote a psychological state of flow [1], and can become mentally associated with particular tasks through exposure, so as to facilitate task switching by switching soundscapes. These background soundscapes are intended to mask distracting clatter, oppressive quiet, and other suboptimal sonic environments frequently encountered in office workplaces. Consequently, I call them active-silences— soundscapes designed to be not heard, although they may be relatively loud. The most commonly used active-silence is white noise, though there are surprisingly diverse other approaches to crafting active-silence. This variety suggests the possibility of training associations that pair distinct active-silences with distinct mental tasks.

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Continuous White Noise to Reduce Resistance Going to Sleep and Night Wakings in Toddlers

Cited by 20 publications

References 18 publications

Infant crying and the calming response: Parental versus mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement

Infant crying and the calming response: Parental versus mechanical soothing using swaddling, sound, and movement

Effects of white noise on off‐task behavior and academic responding for children with ADHD

Tuning Into The Task: Sonic Environmental Cues And Mental Task Switching

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