MS Residence: iPods For a Better Nights Sleep
Having trouble sleeping can have wide-ranging, adverse effects on your health, so it’s something that we take seriously. Though medical sleep aids may work quickly to help you drift off, they can have side effects and may not be suitable to use in the long term.
Luckily, the boys have another treatment for those sleepless and homesick nights that’s available to them, isn’t habit-forming, and has no adverse side effects: iPods.
At the commencement of the Autumn term, we purchased 10 x iPods for nightly use. The iPods available from the office, come preloaded with audiobooks and ebooks including the award-winning Resound Tinnitus Relief app, providing access to meditation, music, sounds, and sleep stories.
Those boys who required background noise to sleep were offered the opportunity to trial the iPods and then commented on their effectiveness.
We have found those who listen to 30 minutes of prescribed meditation, music, or sleep stories fall asleep faster, sleep longer, and wake up less during the night. The boys rate their nights as more restful than the nights preceding when they were not using the iPods.
Due to their effectiveness and improvement in sleep quality, we will continue to utilise the iPods for those boys who may require a little help shutting off for the night.