Quiet Noise for Migraine

Why noise during a migraine

For many people, the ideal during an episode is silence and darkness. When that isn't fully achievable — you're not at home, the environment isn't controllable, your apartment is on a busy street — some people prefer a soft masking layer instead. Continuous low-frequency noise covers up the unpredictable sounds that punch through silence (a slamming door, a phone ringing, traffic). Whether that trade feels better than silence during an episode is individual, and NoiseMoon makes no pain or relief claims.

The noise itself has to be quiet and dark. Pure white noise has bright high-frequency energy that can aggravate phonophobia. Brown noise is softer, lower, and feels less acoustically stimulating. The reverberant themed soundscapes (Cathedral, Velvet) are soft enough that they almost don't read as "noise" — more like a quiet ambient space.

How to set this up during an episode

1. Press play. Volume starts low.
2. Adjust to the quietest level that still feels like it's helping. The goal is presence, not loudness.
3. Slide warm ↔ bright all the way to warm if pure brown still feels too present.
4. Try the Cathedral or Velvet presets if you want even softer textures.
5. Reduce your phone's screen brightness. Settings › Display. Use Night Shift / Dark Mode if you haven't already.
6. Set the sleep timer if you might sleep through the episode. Tap the timer button (no zzz), pick a duration. The noise fades out smoothly — no abrupt cutoff.

The themed presets that work for migraine

Plain procedural brown noise is the default. The themed soundscapes available from the picker below the player can be gentler:

• Cathedral: reverberant brown noise, evoking a large quiet stone space. Less acoustic punch than plain brown, more sense of envelopment.
• Velvet: the softest preset NoiseMoon ships. Heavily filtered brown with a subtle slow drift. Almost subaudible at low volume.
• Submarine: deep, slow, mechanical-low-frequency texture. Some migraine listeners find the very-low-end content grounding.

What this isn't

NoiseMoon is not a treatment for migraine. It's a tool for the masking-and-comfort layer that some people find helpful during episodes. Migraine treatment is a clinical conversation: triggers, abortive medication, preventive medication, lifestyle factors. If your migraines are frequent or severe, working with a neurologist or headache specialist makes a much bigger difference than any sleep/sound app.

What we can offer is a quiet, dark surface that doesn't fight you, with no ads to interrupt and no brightness to aggravate. That's a small thing, but during an episode it can be the difference between an environment that's tolerable and one that isn't.