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Relaxation & AVS for
fast falling asleep & sound sleep
Problems falling asleep and staying asleep affect nearly one-third of adults who experience chronic insomnia or persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. However, for those who do not suffer from insomnia, tossing and turning in bed after a busy day is a familiar experience.
Relaxation & AVS for fast falling asleep & sound sleep
Stress and anxiety are often the cause of sleep problems. When the body's stress response is activated, it can be difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep. Research has shown that it is possible to turn off the stress response by activating another natural process called the relaxation response and help yourself naturally drift into sleep.
When falling asleep or dreaming, specially selected AVS sound and light frequencies affect the user's hearing and vision, influencing their brain activity. Experiments have confirmed that AVS promotes relaxation, falling asleep and better sleep.
Many people (up to half of all adults and children) constantly or occasionally use a simplified version of AVS when falling asleep - listening to quiet meditative music to relax and reduce psycho-emotional tone, trying to calm their thoughts and breathing.
In the last decade, there have been many startups in the field of sleep, in which relaxation and AVS are the instrument of influence: smart sleep masks, mobile applications that select the optimal parameters of AVS for the user, smart nightlights and lamps, special home devices with AVS, which are used by tens of millions of people. The number of people using AVS devices is constantly growing due to their simplicity, cheapness, efficiency and harmlessness of use.
AVS devices and apps for falling asleep and sleeping:
- Hatch smart lamps and lights with music (www.hatch.co)
- Mija Bedside Lamp smart lights (www.mijia-shop.com)
- AVS smartphone app Calm (www.calm.com)
- Galaxy & Star Projectors smart nightlights with music from various manufacturers
- Mindalive audio visual stimulation products (www.mindalive.com)
- AVS smartphone apps Mesmerize (www.mesmerizeapp.com)
- AVS sleep mask LC-dolida (www.thelcdolida.com)
- Elemind headphone foreheadband (www.elemindtech.com)
- Caputron Neuromodulation Devices (www.caputron.com)
- Modius Sleep Neuromodulation Device (www.neurovalens.com)
- Nervous system toning device with sound and infrasound Sensate (www.getsensate.com).
Scientific publications on the effects of AVS on falling asleep and sleep quality:
- Research Article| December 09 2020. “Audio-visual stimulation for improving sleep quality” Muhammad Irsyad; Prihartini Widiyanti; Akif Rahmatillah. Author & Article Information AIP Conf. Proc. 2314, 030016 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034989
- Hyeyeoun Joo, Hyunwoo Nam, Dae Lim Koo, Jeh-Kwang Ryu, Sunkyue Kim, Kyoung-Min Lee «The effect of audio–visual stimulation on sleep quality» September 2019 IBRO Reports 6:S436 DOI:10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.1383
- MEASUREMENT SCIENCE REVIEW, Volume 6, Section 2, No. 4, 2006 67 Short-term effects of audio-visual stimulation on EEG M. Teplan, A. Krakovská, S. Štolc Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 01 Bratislava, Slovakia.
- 0393 «Open-Loop Audio-Visual Stimulation for Insomnia in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis Pain»
J Tang, S M McCurry, B Riegel, K C Pike, M V Vitiello. Sleep, Volume 41, Issue suppl_1, April 2018, Pages A149–A150, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsy061.392 Published: 27.04.2018
- «Pre-sleep alpha brainwave entrainment by audio or visual stimulation for people with chronic pain and sleep disturbance; a feasibility study» Stephen J. Halpin, NIcole Tang, Alex Casson, Anthony Jones, Rory J. O'Connor, Manoj Sivan. EEE - Academic & Research, Division of Neuroscience, University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
- Tang, HY., Vitiello, M.V., Perlis, M. et al. Open-Loop Neurofeedback Audiovisual Stimulation: A Pilot Study of Its Potential for Sleep Induction in Older Adults. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 40, 183–188 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-015-9285-x
- Tang, H. Y., Vitiello, M. V., Perlis, M., Mao, J. J., & Riegel, B. (2014). A pilot study of audio–visual stimulation as a self-care treatment for insomnia in adults with insomnia and chronic pain. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 39(34), 219–225. doi:10.1007/s10484-014-9263-8.
- “The effect of auditory stimulation using delta binaural beat for a better sleep and post-sleep mood: A pilot study” Roya Dabiri, Mohammad Reza Monazzam Esmaielpour, Mojahede Salmani Nodoushan, Farin khaneshenas, Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian Digit Health. 2022 Jan-Dec; 8: 20552076221102243. Published online 2022 May 20. doi: 10.1177/20552076221102243
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- “A feasibility study of pre-sleep audio and visual alpha brain entrainment for people with chronic pain and sleep disturbance” Stephen J. Halpin, Alexander J. Casson, Nicole K. Y. Tang, Anthony K. P. Jones, Rory J. O’Connor, Manoj Sivan. Front Pain Res (Lausanne) 2023; 4: 1096084. Published online 2023 Feb 23. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1096084 PMCID:PMC9996154
- “Lightening the mind with audiovisual stimulation as an accessible alternative to breath-focused meditation for mood and cognitive enhancement” Micah Alan Johnson, Ninette Simonian, Nicco Reggente Sci Rep. 2024; 14: 25553. Published online 2024 Oct 26. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75943-8 PMCID:PMC11513117.