 That's even with the companies reporting higher revenue and profit. Dara Kerr, NPR News. Couples who sleep in separate bedrooms may be perceived as having less intimacy, but a new study would seem to dispel that to some degree. Specialists increasingly are agreeing there are benefits to sleeping apart, including the quality of nightly rest. More than a third of Americans say they occasionally or consistently sleep in another room. It's according to a study by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.