Noise Masking & Speech Privacy

"Noise masking" refers to any device that produces a white noise sound to prevent someone from hearing voices or other sounds in the environment. Millions of people sleep with a fan at night because it drowns out snoring and other sounds. Noise masking is completely natural and harmless, but just as it may take you a couple of nights to get used to the fan running, we similarly recommend that you try your white noise machine on a low setting at first, increasing the volume a little at a time each night so you can have some time to adjust to this change in your environment. Once you are accustomed to white noise, you may find it hard to sleep without it. Noise masking is a solution for business environments too, when you need to protect the confidentiality of conversations. Just remember to put the masking sound in the area where the listeners are - not where the conversation is taking place. TIP: Is a white noise machine right for you? Try turning on a box fan at night and see if the noise it makes will do the trick. If this works, you can replace the fan with a white noise machine. (A fan is more expensive to operate.)