OBJECTIVES The effects of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep restriction, dyssomnias, and parasomnias on daytime behavior in children have been previously assessed. However, the potential relationship(s) between sleep hygiene and children's daytime behavior remain to be explored. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep hygiene and problematic behaviors in...

Habitual snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea are serious conditions that can affect the health of the snorer. For a targeted surgical treatment, it is crucial to identify the exact location of the vibration within the upper airways. As opposed to earlier work, we present the first unsupervised feature learning approach to this task based on bags-ofaudio-words. Likewise, we cluster feature value...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate subjective symptom changes in obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnea syndrome patients following nasal surgery, and to explore treatment efficacy in improving patient quality of life. METHODS Patients with nasal blockage accompanied by habitual snoring were stratified into four groups. Their subjective symptoms were evaluated before and after nasal surgery. ...

Snoring is the often earliest symptom of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and other respiratory problems. A successful medical outcome depends on an accurate preoperative diagnosis of the anatomical reason for snoring. The perception of snoring is highly subjective; therefore, there is a need for an objective measurement of snoring for an accurate patient assessment and the evaluation of treatmen...

The pharyngeal airway narrows when pharyngeal muscle tone decreases. During sleep, partial collapse at this level leads to snoring, and complete collapse to obstructive sleep apnoea [25], Such upper airway incompetence is relatively common: 17% of randomly selected normal British men snore [60]; one in 300 have severe obstructive sleep apnoea and cannot maintain a patent airway in any sleeping ...

John Remmers, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies employee and share holder Shouresh Charkhandeh, DDS, The Snore Center, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies share holder Joshua Grosse, MMath, Zephyr Sleep Technologies, Calgary Canada Conflict of interest: Zephyr Sleep Technologies employee and share holder Zbigniew...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a self-reported outcomes measure for patients with sleep-disordered breathing-the Snore Outcomes Survey. DESIGN Item areas of the SOS were developed by an expert panel. Consecutive patients were enrolled into the study in a prospective manner. Patients received the SOS, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Medical Outcomes Stu...