What may be quiet to you while you're pushing the pram may be deafening next to baby's ear. People also forget to test the loudness of the speaker by placing it as close to their ears as it is going to be to their baby's ears: for every metre of distance through the air, the volume level drops by a cubed unit. It's when it is used so loudly that it drowns out other noises that it becomes dangerous. My middle child and youngest child were soothed to sleep with my CPAP machine. A fan, the air conditioner, the extractor fan in the bathroom, even the dehydrator in the kitchen worked just as well. When I learned that the purpose of white noise is to dampen any sudden noises, I realised that other regular things can be used as white noise. Shouting at each other was the only effective way to communicate and I didn't want that for our children. I'm very mindful about hearing loss because it was one of the reasons why my parents are the way they are. I set ours so that it was no louder than 50db. From what I understand the range is 50-70db. I would download a decible reader app and just keep it on the lowest setting. I then turn it off once my hubs and I are in bed. I do turn it on at the start of the night since our floors are creaky, and we are up cleaning and making noise when they are in bed. They share a room and don't seem to mind sleeping without it. Anyway, after learning it was too loud, I set the volume to where it should be using a decible reader, and my older toddler asked me to turn it all the way off. They have both been placed in class rooms with older kids, so does not seem to have impacted their development as far as we can tell, but everyone is different. Both of my kids however, are well beyond their developmental stages according to their pediatrician and daycare teachers. I only recently learned that we had it waaaaay too loud. I have used it since day one with my 2.5 and 1.5 year olds.
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