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Re: still struggling

Post by Pugsy » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:52 pm

a mess wrote:If the mask did not leak at all would I get a perfect score of no leaks?
Are you using a ResMed machine or a Respironics machine?
If you are getting a perfect score for leak management it doesn't necessarily mean no leaks happened...just that no leaks happened that were big enough to get a large leak flag. The leak scores are related to leaks going into large leak territory. All masks will leak to some extent...heck the vent rate is call intentional leak..
Websites like MyAir and DreamMapper giving out little scores for leak management don't care about little leaks. They only care if you stay out of large leak territory.

These machines can compensate for a good bit of leak above the vent rate and it's only when a person has so much leak that they go into large leak territory that they start getting dinged and poor leak management scores.

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