comfort noise

Questions

What does comfort noise mean?

Synthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines.

How to pronounce comfort noise

1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “comfort noise”.
2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “comfort noise”.
4. Repeat and practice — Say “comfort noise” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.