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Be careful with the white noise, there is evidence that it may disrupt development of auditory neural pathways in children. http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030417/white-noise-may-dela... This is because the brain learns to identify and manage familiar sounds, but there is no structure to white noise so the nerves are never able to develop a pattern.



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