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CES 2015: SleepPhones Announces Soft Wireless Headband Headphones With Induction Charging

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AcousticSheep has brought its soft, elastic SleepPhones headphones that are thin and comfortable enough to be worn while sleeping to CES 2015. The company aims for the headphones to provide music or ambient noise to users who need soothing sounds close by as they fall asleep.

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Created by a doctor who has trouble falling asleep herself due to frequent patient phone calls late at night, SleepPhones allow users high-quality music options without disturbing anyone trying to sleep nearby. The headphones also provide a decent amount of ambient noise blocking, and offer 10-12 hours of use on a single charge.

SleepPhones are available in multiple models of varying colors, including the original wired Classic model for $39.99, a Bluetooth Wireless version for $99.99, and multiple bundle packages that vary from a three-pack to packed-in ambient noise CDs. New to CES, however, is the unveiling of a new Bluetooth version of the headset that will provide induction charging for an even easier way to keep the device ready for every-night use. The new induction charging model will launch in April for $149.

The SleepPhones and all of their bundle options can be purchased directly from the company's official website.

Article Link: CES 2015: SleepPhones Announces Soft Wireless Headband Headphones With Induction Charging
 
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iMerik said:
Might not be an option? Could be that the doc is getting calls regarding patients and not directly from patients. I read "frequent" as "average for any doctor."
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But if true, wouldn't you want to answer those calls? If so, why create this? If not, then why not turn off the phone?

Still looks like a nice idea, and would be even greater if it could wirelessly get the sound from the TV. My wife like to watch TV in bed, but I cant sleep with the sound on. This would be a nice alternative to the wireless bulky headphones they sell for TVs today.
 
You missed her point...

Her point was not that the calls from patients are interrupting her sleep...her point is she has to take those calls and, AFTERWARDS, she has trouble getting BACK to sleep. I'm not a doctor (and I don't play one on TV) but if I got a call about test results or something my mind would likely be churning for a while working out the patient details in my head. This gadget is designed to help shut your brain back off after the call.

Seems like neat idea. I often use my phone earbuds along with an ambient noise app when I can't sleep, but they often fall out when I move around, not to mention yank the phone off the nightstand if I roll over.
 
Yvan256 said:
Turn your phone off?
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Change your profession?

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Cuban Missles said:
But if true, wouldn't you want to answer those calls? If so, why create this? If not, then why not turn off the phone?

Still looks like a nice idea, and would be even greater if it could wirelessly get the sound from the TV. My wife like to watch TV in bed, but I cant sleep with the sound on. This would be a nice alternative to the wireless bulky headphones they sell for TVs today.
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It might have some actual use, but for quieting your surrounding nothing beats disposable foam earplugs. They provide 33db sound reduction at a cost of about $4.00 for a dozen pairs. A hi tech solution would have to be a whole lot better than that to justify the much higher cost.
 
I like this idea; I often listen to audiobooks or iTunesU courses when i go to bed to help me fall asleep, however, sometimes it is annoying having to sleep with one or more headphones in.
 
IJ Reilly said:
It might have some actual use, but for quieting your surrounding nothing beats disposable foam earplugs. They provide 33db sound reduction at a cost of about $4.00 for a dozen pairs. A hi tech solution would have to be a whole lot better than that to justify the much higher cost.
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This is not about quieting your environment or shielding yourself from phone calls, it is about helping to fall asleep in stressful situations by soothing your mind. Where stressful situations in the cited example were the anticipation of phone calls and the phone calls and their content in themselves.
 
Cuban Missles said:
But if true, wouldn't you want to answer those calls? If so, why create this? If not, then why not turn off the phone?

Still looks like a nice idea, and would be even greater if it could wirelessly get the sound from the TV. My wife like to watch TV in bed, but I cant sleep with the sound on. This would be a nice alternative to the wireless bulky headphones they sell for TVs today.
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Again, my interpretation, but I read "without disturbing anyone trying to sleep nearby" as a way to use these both to listen to music to fall asleep but also for a phone call to ring in to your headband so your partner isn't disturbed. So yes, you would want to take those calls, but only you will hear them and then only you will hear the music that this doctor apparently needs to fall back to sleep.
 
So bake your brain with Bluetooth all night.

Why can't it be equipped with memory and a USB port to upload your tracks on it? Sounds unnecessarily Rube Goldberg for me...

And a wired version? Really? And who pays for the therapy for that? It's bad enough that I grew up in North Carolina where the summers get so hot and humid you feel like a pork roast wrapped in saran wrap at night because the sheets stick to you tight and making it harder than heck to get unwound, I can imagine a few iPhones, iPads, or iPods being cracked as they hit the floor....

Just grumpy today...

They do make a canned preprogrammed one. For $100.00.

And why not use bone transduction instead of actual speakers? It would seem to make more sense to go that way...
 
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manu chao said:
This is not about quieting your environment or shielding yourself from phone calls, it is about helping to fall asleep in stressful situations by soothing your mind. Where stressful situations in the cited example were the anticipation of phone calls and the phone calls and their content in themselves.
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Okay, so as usual it helps to read beyond the MR article. The product is advertised to deliver white noise. The purpose of white noise is to mask outside sounds, not to be soothing. For people with disturbed sleep, listening to music in bed can be a bad idea. Even if it works to put you to sleep, if it doesn't turn off automatically at some point, it will probably wake you up again. And good luck with the wired version.
 
I have an aunt that has tinnitus from years of factory work. She has trouble sleeping unless there is music playing in the room. She doesn't need this as she lives alone but someone with a partner could benefit.
 
This is definitely something I've wanted for ages. There is a pillow that does a similar thing but I don't think the sound is very good. I'm guessing there is poor sound from this as well. But, for just white noise, it could be a good option. It's not really built for Sydney summer though.

I remember reading about a guy who installed a bluetooth speaker into his ear. Or maybe it was wired with a headphone jack. That might actually be the best solution but I'm not prepared to take that type of step.

This dev Ce though does address another issue though and that's the mosquito annoyance. Buzzing in your ear at 3 in the morning, making you jump out of bed and try and find the brat so you can kill it and get back to sleep which you don't manage to do for two hours. Yeah, that happened last night.
 
fitshaced said:
This is definitely something I've wanted for ages. There is a pillow that does a similar thing but I don't think the sound is very good. I'm guessing there is poor sound from this as well. But, for just white noise, it could be a good option. It's not really built for Sydney summer though.

I remember reading about a guy who installed a bluetooth speaker into his ear. Or maybe it was wired with a headphone jack. That might actually be the best solution but I'm not prepared to take that type of step.

This dev Ce though does address another issue though and that's the mosquito annoyance. Buzzing in your ear at 3 in the morning, making you jump out of bed and try and find the brat so you can kill it and get back to sleep which you don't manage to do for two hours. Yeah, that happened last night.
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For keeping insect buzzing out of your ears, cheap foam plugs also work. Inserted correctly they reduce most outside sounds down to a low muffle.

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Keerock said:
A doctor that answers their phone? Awesome. Most likely a psychologist/therapist.
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I'm just old enough to remember doctors making house calls. Now it's a big deal when they answer the phone.
 
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