Misophonia is one of those conditions people often dismiss as “being sensitive,” yet it can have a profound effect on daily ...

An innovative new system is suggesting white noise from a smart speaker can be used to monitor breathing and movement in sleeping babies. So far the prototype device can detect respiratory rates with ...

We’re gonna go ahead and say it: Anyone who claims they “slept like a baby last night” has never actually slept near a human baby. Baby sleep, especially in the newborn months, isn’t close to being ...

It’s natural to feel annoyed by disruptive or repetitive noises, but there are some people who are more than simply annoyed by loud breathing or chewing — they become intensely upset, and even angry, ...

A primary care physician recently made an unusual confession in the New York Times: Dr. Barron H. Lerner, admitted that some of the sounds his patients make, like loud yawns and sniffling, bug him. A ...

Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds resulting from unusual airflow through the lungs. They can be due to conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis. Anything that changes the normal airflow ...

Researchers have developed a new smart speaker skill that lets a device use white noise to both soothe sleeping babies and monitor their breathing and movement. Gone are the days when people use smart ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have come up with a device which acts as a monitor for infant breathing patterns while playing white noise to soothe them to sleep. The results of their ...

Dacher Keltner Pause for a second. Now take in a deep breath through your nose; hold it, and then breath out through your mouth. We breathe in and out over 20,000 times a day, but we rarely notice it.