You roll over and close your eyes, and then after 10 minutes, you realize you can’t get back to sleep.
While this is one of the more common examples of how noise affects sleep, and ultimately how refreshed you are the next day, there are also short-term and long-term effects that too much noise or persistent noise can have on a person’s sleep schedule.
For some people, a noise machine could do the trick. They condition the environment with a low hum, keeping their brains from registering threats associated with clicks, pops, and creaks.