We sleep with one as well, its unnerving to not have it on... LOL

but we also have a ankle biting little barking dog who hears much better than I do so that makes up for it.

 

I used to when I was young. Now both of my teenagers do, even in the winter

 

Folks like me who have tinginitus (sp) find it helpful to offset the ringing of the ears.

 

spelling is tinnitus

I have it, royally so. Have had one eardrum torn by gunfire concussion.

Hair cells (auditory sensory nerves) in the cochlea (inner ear) get stomped-on by noise or concussive force (one single BOOM can do it). Hair cells in first bend of cochlea detect frequencies around 4Khz. Shock wave hits them first. Therefore many folk have a "noise notch" hearing loss at and around 4KHz. But this damage spreads to other frequencies as loud noises continue to insult the cochlea. Some get damage to the vestibular mechanism that gives us balance. I get "dizzy spells" due to inner ear damage.

One can purchase a "hearing aid" (not really an amplifier) that puts noise into an ear to "mask" the tinnitus -- or some use ambient noise such as a fan or whatever.

If you've got hearing loss, it's not a bad idea to have a dog to hear that which you can not hear. Somebody with hearing loss has already posted that they have benefited from having a dog. If you can survive the puppy phase of a dog's life, then you've got a friend/helper. Puppies annoy the crap out of me, so I'd rather get a young dog, post-puppy.

 

Raising my hand. I can't sleep without it at all. If SHTF i'll have to adjust but not until I absolutely have to.

 

if shtf, it'll be really quiet.

 

Maybe after month or two. But at first, you can expect gunshots and screams to be your lullaby/comfort sound. Unless you are located out in the boonies.

 

The ONLY time I sleep with any noise maker on is when I'm sleeping in the horse trailer while camping. The fan then covers up the normal noises the horse makes when she's tied to the side of the trailer. It won't cover up the really loud ones though and those are the ones I still need to hear in case she's gotten in trouble.
At home, we sleep with complete quiet inside the house, but we can still hear the geese talking outside.

 

I do.

I've gone as far as buying one when sleeping in a hotel that turns the A/C fan completely off between cycles.

When I'm outside though, I don't need it at all. Strange.

 

I cant sleep with out one it runs 24/7 I should turn it off when I leave but dont. I even have a 12'' one that runs on batterys when I go camping they all laugh at me but I sleep nice and cool while they are all complanting about how hot it is LOL.

 

me and the wife do every night! We have a dog that hears everything!

 

We do as well, except we have 2 dogs that make for pretty good watch dogs.

 

I don't sleep with the fan on, but I have slept in the same room as my desktop PC for going on 20 years. If the fans turn off, I wake up immediately. If I don't have my fan noise, I can't sleep. I have a 4 inch fan I take with me that runs from a wall wart when I am away from home.

 

All the time. Keeps the tinnitus under control, makes sleep more possible. My dogs are my warning system. They have much better hearing than I do and the fan won't drown them out. Heck, ear plugs don't keep them out.

 

We do. Also have a CD of white noise loaded on the laptop (the good stuff, not the "ambient music" crap) that works well when I'm travelling. In theory, the three dogs would warn us about any intruders; in practice, they'd probably wag their tails and greet them.

 

After living aboard ship for 3+ years I need some background noise as well as air movement while sleeping. In summer this is taken care of by our evap-cooler. I also have a 12" fan mounted to the wall above the bed for other times.

Otherwise I hear every bit of creaking and bumping in the night.

 

I have ceiling fans in most of the rooms in the house. The motors are almost silent, the only sound is from the air movement, so they don't interfere too much with sounds from inside or outside the house. I can still hear things pretty well.

I also have two small dogs that have supersonic hearing, and like myself, they know a new or unusual sound when they hear it and alert me. The normal pops and creaks of this old farmhouse don't bother me or the dogs.

However, I am beginning to get a little tinnitus, and hope I don't get to the point where I have to have a fan or white noise in the background. I had a great aunt who kept a little radio turned down really low in every room of her house because her tinnitus was so bad. I remember her telling me 'To me, silence is noise'. Never forgot that.

I like my ceiling fans because I have to have air moving. Sometimes I feel stifled if it's not. Silly sounding, but I have to have some air moving.

 

Not me. I prefer the sound of the wind in the trees, the wildlife and the peace and quiet. I need to hear what's going on around me, even in my sleep and the slightest unusual or abnormal sound has me awake instantly.

That said, Homedics makes a great little noise maker with different sounds, e.g., ocean waves, wild birds, etc., and you can set it to run all night long if you want, or for specific periods of time.

 

I used to, but I broke that habit ten years ago. It seemed to be a silly (albeit harmless) dependency.

 

I do. Got the ringing in the ears too

 

I have a baby. I also need the sleep(maybe 5 hours worth norm less). I have developed a bad habit of sleeping through almost any amount of noise. When i tell most people my sleeping habits they often wonder how i function let alone with how upbeat i am.

 

I have run a fan all night every night for 30 years.

 

Always. Year round. But a small one, not a box fan.

I even have a small extra noisy one in my suitcase for when I have to sleep in a hotel.

 

My wife absolutely must have her white noise generator on at night for her to sleep and the room must be pitch black and she has to be sleeping in her own bed. Any quiet or miniscule light, or a bed not her own, will render her sleepless and grumpy for days, usually blaming me for how badly she is feeling whether I sleep in the bed or out on the recliner or on the floor of the hotel/motel.
Me, I can sleep anywhere, anytime regardless of light level or noise level or what I'm sleeping on. And my wife can't stand it that I can do that. As far as noticing noises or activity outside of where I am sleeping, at home I have my dog who lets me know if something is making her uncomfortable and, when sleeping other than at home I sleep a lot lighter, a semi-conscious fashion is the best description I can come up with.

 

Yep, tinnitus really SUCKS!. That being said I can sleep without one but my wife isn't having all that silence, Says she doesn't want to hear anything going on outside. We started out with a box fan but over the years I've wore her down to a ceiling fan. Female Jack Russell lets me know if anything hinky is going on.

 

I didn't used to sleep with a fan when I was a kid but sometime in 2008 I moved and had one in my room and it didn't run real smooth, but I kept it on and after a few weeks it smoothed out... ran great ever since!

Anyway, I can't sleep without it even in the winter. I do have some ringing in my ears if it is ever dead silent thought that has never been a reason I can't sleep...

At work I am an IT administrator with my office a few rooms over from the Server room with Blades, Servers, Switches, SAN storage, etc. I also cannot concentrate at work unless I hear the roar of the fans off in the distance.


It drives my parents NUTS whenever I go home to see them now. I ALWAYS sleep in my old bedroom/bed when I do and turn the fan on, which they seem to turn off by habit, and of course... I turn it back on. The cycle repeats constantly. They asked me about it and I said I cannot sleep without it.

 

Wow good thread :thumb::thumb::thumb:

I've slept with a 20 X 20" box fan set on medium all my adult life

I put strips of drip edge on the sides and bottom to hold a 20 X 20" blue furnace filter ( home depot ) to clean the air a little :thumb: And replace it every 2 months or so :thumb:

There is always a new spare fan - on stand by

When wifey and I were in Wally-World today - she asked me if there is a spare in the closet now ?

PS - If someone or something trips the motion sensor pointing at the vette at night ----- along with the flood lights - it turns on the mic and the small speaker in the bedroom

 

I can't sleep without my fan going at night, even during the winter season. Thankfully, we have 2 inside dogs (1 big, 1 med) that hears everything and lets us know when something is up! lol