Efficacy of pink noise and earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise exposure on sleep.

Basner M, Smith MG, Cordoza M, Kayser MS, Carlin M, Ecker AJ, Gilad Y, Park-Chavar S, Rennie K, Schneller V, Walsh S, Shou H, Cao Q, Younes M, Aeschbach D, Jones CW

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DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsag001
Published: 2026 May 12
Container: Sleep
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@article{allodium:10.1093/sleep/zsag001,
  title = {Efficacy of pink noise and earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise exposure on sleep.},
  author = {Basner M and Smith MG and Cordoza M and Kayser MS and Carlin M and Ecker AJ and Gilad Y and Park-Chavar S and Rennie K and Schneller V and Walsh S and Shou H and Cao Q and Younes M and Aeschbach D and Jones CW},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Sleep},
  doi = {10.1093/sleep/zsag001},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag001}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Efficacy of pink noise and earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise exposure on sleep.
AU  - Basner M
AU  - Smith MG
AU  - Cordoza M
AU  - Kayser MS
AU  - Carlin M
AU  - Ecker AJ
AU  - Gilad Y
AU  - Park-Chavar S
AU  - Rennie K
AU  - Schneller V
AU  - Walsh S
AU  - Shou H
AU  - Cao Q
AU  - Younes M
AU  - Aeschbach D
AU  - Jones CW
PY  - 2026
JO  - Sleep
DO  - 10.1093/sleep/zsag001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag001
ER  -

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M, B., MG, S., M, C., MS, K., M, C., AJ, E., Y, G., S, P., K, R., V, S., S, W., H, S., Q, C., M, Y., D, A., & CW, J. (2026). Efficacy of pink noise and earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise exposure on sleep.. Sleep. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag001

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