White noise, whether from a commercial generator or recorded sounds of surf or rain, are usually used to mask other noises during the night to help you sleep.  These can be very effective, especially for a light sleeper.

If you wife is in her forties or older, then the problem may also be hormone related.  Many women have trouble sleeping as hormone levels fall off.   Your doctor may be able to help there.  Also melatonin may help with sleep and homone regulation as well.

Dr. Richard Price
RCP Consulting

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--- In bwgen@yahoogroups.com, "mplishka" <mplishka@...> wrote:
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> There has been some talk on here about the uses of white and pink noise and that certain types of noise can actually help sleep by priming the system.
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> My wife claims she needs white noise to be able to sleep. Problem is that she's pretty much been an insomniac for YEARS! Every night she turns on a fan to create the shooosh noise. Could there be a problem with the type of noise the fan makes? She had a white noise/nature noise generator and that didn't seem to help much either.
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> Thoughts?
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> Thanks!
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> Michael
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