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Acoustic stimulation for improving sleep
Season 6 · Episode 7

Acoustic stimulation for improving sleep

Talking Sleep

April 5, 202439m 0s

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Show Notes

There are a handful of direct-to-consumer devices that claim to improve the quality of our sleep by using acoustic stimulation. What is the science behind these devices? Dr. Roneil Malkani is an associate professor of neurology in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He collaborates with others to study acoustic stimulation during sleep and its impact on sleep architecture. He describes how these devices work and how clinicians should approach them.