Background and Objectives: Oral appliances (OAs) are commonly used to manage sleep-disordered breathing conditions, including primary snoring, and offer an alternative treatment for individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who cannot tolerate c...
Study Objectives: Evaluating daytime neuromuscular electrical training (NMES) of tongue muscles in individuals with Primary Snoring and Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Methods: A multicenter prospective study was undertaken in patients with prima...
2 December 2020
Simple snoring is defined as the production of sound in the upper aerodigestive tract during sleep, not accompanied by other pathologies. Sleep bruxism (SB) refers to repetitive phasic, tonic, or mixed masticatory muscle activity during sleep. In thi...
8 July 2021
About 40% of the adult population is affected by snoring, which is closely related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and can be associated with serious health implications. Commercial smartphone applications (apps) offer the possibility of monitoring...
Approximately 45% of adults snore occasionally, and 25% snore regularly, with a higher prevalence in men and an increase among postmenopausal women due to hormonal changes. Snoring is a health concern linked to vascular disease and decreased quality...
Atopic diseases can impose a significant burden on children and adolescents. Telomere length is a cellular marker of aging reflecting the impact of cumulative stress exposure on individual health. Since elevated oxidative stress and inflammation burd...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS), a severe respiratory sleep disorder, presents a significant threat to human health and even endangers life. As snoring is the most noticeable symptom of OSAHS, identifying OSAHS via snoring sou...
Snoring may be an important predictor of sleep-disordered breathing. Factors related to snoring among First Nations people are not well understood in a population with high rates of smoking and excess body weight. An interviewer-administered survey w...
To date, the use of barbed sutures for the surgical management of patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea and snoring with retropalatal collapse and vibration has significantly increased. A systematic review was carried out, which included cl...
Efficient screening for severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is important for children with snoring before time-consuming standard polysomnography. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to compare clinical variables, home snoring sound analy...
Background. Snoring is the cardinal symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The acoustic features of snoring sounds include intra-snore (including snoring index [SI]) and inter-snore features. However, the correlation between snoring sounds and the...
This study aims to assess (i) which acoustic characteristics of snoring sounds are associated with the annoying nature of snoring sounds; (ii) whether listeners’ heart rates correlate with their perceived annoyance; and (iii) whether perceived...
The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and auditory dysfunction, and to clarify the role of snoring sounds in contributing to auditory dysfunction. A comprehensive assessment of OSA and th...
Background: Snoring is a common symptom within the spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing, often occurring independently or in association with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Despite its prevalence, treatment strategies remain variable and...
Snoring, a form of sleep-disordered breathing, interferes with sleep quality and quantity, both for the person who snores and often for the person who sleeps with the snorer. Poor sleep caused by snoring can create significant physical, mental, and e...
24 April 2020
The severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is diagnosed with polysomnography (PSG), during which patients are monitored by over 20 physiological sensors overnight. These sensors often bother patients and may affect patients’ sleep and OSA....
Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and loud snoring are conditions with increased cardiovascular risk and notably an association with stroke. Central in stroke are thrombosis and thromboembolism, all related to and initiaing with platelet ac...
26 October 2017
Studies regarding the association between snoring and metabolic abnormalities have been inconsistent. We examine whether snoring frequency and obstructive sleep apnea markers are associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Koreans aged 40–69 year...
15 February 2017
Background: Sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) have been identified as a major public health problem closely related to adolescent obesity. We aimed to estimate the prevalences of SRBD and snoring in adolescents in Changchun City, Northeastern...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in rural China. Thus, for better intervention, it is necessary to identify the possible risk factors of MetS. This community-based prospective cohort study was...
Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between breastfeeding duration and adenoid size, snoring and acute otitis media (AOM). Methods: We analyzed the medical history of children admitted to the ENT outpatient clinic in 202...
Background/Objectives: Clinical observations linking primary snoring (PS) to early markers of vascular dysfunction suggest a possible contribution to subclinical atherosclerosis. This study aimed to evaluate carotid and femoral intima–media thi...
Sleep disorders have been related to body weight, social conditions, and a number of comorbidities. These include high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, both of which are prevalent in the First Nations communities. We explored relationships between...
17 January 2017
Studies to explore the relationship between self-reported snoring and dyslipidemia, especially high total cholesterol (TC) and high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), in the general population are still lacking. Our study was designed to ex...
Snoring, a common sleep-disordered breathing phenomenon, impairs sleep quality for both the sufferer and any bed partner. While mild snoring primarily disrupts sleep continuity, severe cases often indicate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder af...
Background: SnoreLab (Version 5.3, Reviva Softworks Ltd., London, UK) is featured as the number one mobile application (app) for measuring snoring intensity and duration. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis between the results...
Introduction: The tongue base, hypopharynx, and supraglottis (TngHpxSgl) play distinct roles in snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Aim of the Study: To assess the level of consensus on the assessment and decision-making for the management of...
Background: Surgical treatments for snoring and sleep-related symptoms are invasive, may have complications, have inconstant success rates, and may have a significant relapse rate. Methods: We evaluated the effectiveness of a non-surgical, non-invasi...
(1) Background: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a frequent problem in children. Cluster analyses offer the possibility of identifying homogeneous groups within a large clinical database. The application of cluster analysis to anthropometric and p...
Background: The aim of this observational cohort study was to explore the severity of liver disease in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea in Germany. Methods: Patients undergoing polysomnography or home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) as an e...
Background: Reaching consensus on decision-making in surgical management and peri-operative considerations regarding snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among sleep surgeons is critical in the management of patients with such conditions, where...
Seeking consensus on definitions and diagnosis of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among sleep surgeons is important, particularly in this relatively new field with variability in knowledge and practices. A set of statements was developed ba...
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a widespread chronic disease that mostly remains undetected, mainly due to the fact that it is diagnosed via polysomnography, which is a time and resource-intensive procedure. Screening the disease...
Respiration rate (RR) dynamics entrains brain neural networks. RR differences between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in response to oral appliance therapy (OAT) are unknown. This pilot study investigated if RR during sta...
The definitive diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is made using an overnight polysomnography (PSG) test. This test requires that a patient wears multiple measurement sensors during an overnight hospitalization. However, this setup i...
Background/Objectives: Exploring and establishing a consensus on palatal surgery, the outcomes and follow-up after the palatal surgery, the complications of palatal surgery, and the post-operative management after palatal surgery for snoring and obst...
Obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a prevalent sleep disorder strongly linked to increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk. While prior studies have explored snore-based analysis for OSAHS, they have largely focused on eithe...
The following prospective study has the aim of evaluating the efficiency of the F22 MAD (mandibular advancement device), a new oral device for the treatment of OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) and snoring. Methods: AHI (apnea-hypopnea index),...
Background/Objectives: Sleep questionnaires are used as screening tools to estimate the presence and severity of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aim was to prospectively assess the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of sleep questionna...
This study proposes a health monitoring system for snoring detection utilizing Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) models, specifically designed for resource-constrained wearable Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This research addresses significant constr...
Background: Snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are common sleep-related breathing disorders with increasing demand for minimally invasive treatment options. This study aimed to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety...
Objective: This scoping review aims to map the scientific literature of the last five years to characterize behavioral patterns in children with snoring and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), ranging from primary snoring (PS) to obstructive sleep apne...
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea can have a negative impact on children’s and adolescents’ neurocognitive abilities and hinder their academic and adaptive progress in academic, social, and/or behavioral dimensions. In this retrospective cross-sect...
For patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-related breathing disorders, snoring is quite common, and it greatly interferes with the quality of life for them and for the people surrounding them. For diagnosing obstructive sleep apne...
12 April 2021
Background: Poor glycemic control is associated with chronic life-threatening complications. Several studies have revealed that sleep status is associated with glycemic control. Aim: to examine the association between sleep duration, quality and glyc...
Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with an increased risk for left ventricular and right ventricular dysfunction. Most studies to date have examined populations with manifest cardiovascular disease using ech...
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition causing restriction of the airflow through the upper airways during sleep, despite preserved inspiratory muscle activity. This may lead to the development of secondary hypertension, ischemic he...
Sleep bruxism (SB), snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness are often associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA, which is characterized by a repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep, can cause oxygen desaturation and lead to ad...
Objectives: In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in pediatric sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD). Although a Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) exists and was found reliable in screening SRBD in children, many of the children...
Sleep physiology and sleep hygiene play significant roles in maintaining the daily lives of individuals given that sleep is an important physiological need to protect the functions of the human brain. Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is an important...
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