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Buyer's Remorse - Noise issues (PA)

(Throwaway at wife's request.)

My wife is a very light sleeper, and we bought a house late last year that is next to a golf course. The course, when in season, mows at about 0430 - 0500. Even if the mower is quite far away, my wife will wake up - it's the low frequency noise that does it.

The bedroom is in the worst spot - the corner that's closest to the course. It is partially underground, with fairly thick walls. We put in hardwood floors before moving in. Both exterior walls have windows.

Things we've tried:

  • Noise machines - We have a Snooz, an old air purifier, and two phones running ChromaDoze
  • Earplugs - she uses Hearos, which have something like 30 dB attenuation
  • Making herself tired by staying up late so her body will want to sleep through the noise

Things we haven't tried:

  • Upgraded draperies/blinds - right now we have ancient cheap metal blinds and we're going to upgrade them to things that have very good sound dampening, and add draperies (that are also light-blocking, which should help with the mower headlights which my wife has complained about) - the owner of the store we bought these from says she has a similar issue at her home and this helped considerably. Both the blinds and draperies are highly rated by the manuf for sound dampening.
  • Area rug for the bedroom
  • A fence - we did plant trees, but they're still young
  • Steve Gibson's healthy sleep regimen (she is uninterested)
  • Going to bed early (she works remotely, with a lot of west coast folks)
  • Moving - this is kind of a last resort, we just moved in earlier this year

Any ideas? My wife is just not getting good sleep, and is having serious buyer's remorse.

Modified crosspost from /r/sleep

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