Noise Pollution in Sleep

Does your spouse snore? Do you snore yourself? Do you live near a busy street, or maybe you are a college student living in a dorm, where sleep is seldom heard of?

All of the noises listed above are common reasons for getting little to no sleep. If you are a light sleeper like I am, you know how awful it can be to finally fall asleep, after hours of trying, and then suddenly be woken up five minutes later by a noise that was preventable. It is one of the most frustrating feelings not to be able to get any sleep because there is simply too much noise.


One of the most common noises complained about by people, is snoring. Whether it is their spouse that snores, a family member or even the person them self, snoring is one the hardest things to sleep through. Snoring is the universal sign that a person is asleep, but it also usually means that the other people around that person are wide awake ready to rip their ears off. Personally, I find snoring extremely annoying and can not sleep at all when someone is engaging in this terrible act. Now I am not saying that to some people snoring can help them fall into a deep slumber, but to others it brings them right out of their sweet sleep. As if you don't get enough of this annoying noise at night, I am including a video of a person snoring.



Living in a place where their is noise all the time, can be very difficult as well. Take New York City for example, there is a reason that it is named the city that never sleeps. With the constant stream of noise that most New Yorkers face each night, they get little to no sleep. Personally, I I could never survive living in the city, unless there was a way to make my entire home sound proof; it is not the place for light sleepers.

College is another place where sleep seldom happens during the night. Now most students would say that the lack of sleep stems from procrastination, and too many assignments, but when people are loud in the hallway or the room next door, sleep is impossible. Several people say they will quiet down after someone asks them to, but it rarely happens with just one request.

So there we have it, just more reason why we get less and less sleep everyday. Maybe trying to sleep at night is our problem? Who knows, but if anyone has an answer feel free to respond.

You can find the photo here. You can find this video here