Soothing audio salvation for those who hate noise.

If you work in an open office, the struggle is real.

Noise is stressful. It hurts productivity and makes you miserable. For people who suffer from misophonia, noise can be a living nightmare.

Luckily, help is at hand. Ambient sounds like white noise create a buffer between your ears and your immediate environment, blocking out distractions without overwhelming the senses.

Not only that, but according to a study of 65 people published in the Journal of Consumer Research , listening to ambient noise of around 70dB can not only block out the hassle, but can make you more creative.

Whether you want to work or sleep in peace, here are a few websites you can use to drown out unwanted noise. They are best experienced with headphones:

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Rainy Mood.

As any pluviophile will know, rain makes everything better. Rainy Mood is my go-to ambient noise app. The best part is they let you add a YouTube video to the URL and create your own rain/song mix with your favourite relaxing song – here's one I made.

Perfect for: The anxiety-riddled / silencing Karen, who nobody fucking likes by the way, and who is determined to make you listen to every last fucking bite of whatever shitty lunch she's smacking her mouth around at her desk. How do you not know you're making that fucking noise, Karen?! HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW?!

Yes but is there an app? iOS | Android.

Rainy Mood / Via rainymood.com

TM Soft White Noise Player.

For fans of white noise, White Noise Player offers a whole spectrum of colours to choose from; white, grey, brown, pink, blue, and violet, each a different frequency of noise. Choose one, or a combination of colours, and block out the ambient hassle.

Perfect for: The over-stimulated / when you're about to murder the shit out of whoever is crinkling packets of chips right now I swear to fucking god I'll kill every mother fucking last one of you.

Yes but is there an app? No.

TM Soft / Via tmsoft.com

Coffitivity.

Silence is figuratively deafening, and Coffitivity solves that problem by providing the relaxing background fugue of a coffee shop. There are several audio scenes to choose from, depending how many voices you want murmuring in the distance.

Perfect for: Hipsters / putting a damper on Mike the intern, who hits his fucking keyboard like each key is a repressed childhood trauma that he needs to punch to feel something. That fucking guy.

Yes but is there an app? iOS | Android.

Coffitivity / Via coffitivity.com

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