Guest, I used the original ones for about 9 months. It was usable, but seemed quite loud. If you sleep with your head on your hand, the sound of the air going through the tubing will telegraph to your jaw and into your ear. Later I discovered that if it seals right it is not as loud. In the mean tim...

I have one that I use in case of stuffy nose. On me it tends to leak a little on the sides. I also noticed if I open my mouth ever so slightly it will stop the leak. I tried Respironics, and Hans Rudolph, and I think Resmed and didn't tolerate them at all.




Duane

The MWT - Maintenance of Wakefulness Test - "is a polysomnographic procedure used to evaluate the extent of daytime somnolence", Sleep Dirsorders Medicine page 231. It is commonly ordered after a pilot has been on CPAP and doing well. Typically a patient is sent to the sleep lab the night before to ...

Good ideas -- I will have to break out my Swift and try them.

Duane

I went to a Sleep Apnea talk given by an ENT Doc for Doctors and Physicians Assistants. I was a guest. He seemed to indicate that the success rate is about 50% for the surgical procedures. He also talked about several newer procedures. Rods (I believe he said they were plastic) in the back part of t...

Guest, I believe there are hypopneas of obstructive and central in nature. Although when scoring the sleep study in our lab we don't differentiate between them. When we score a study for respiratory events we use to following definitions: Obstructive apnea = at least 80% decrease in airflow at least...

I've had so many issues w/ my mask and what not, and the annoying arrogance of the respiration "specialists" at my insurances designated provider. I'd like to get some solid info on what the rest of you are undergoing. Would any and all of you please go to: http://www.fomh.net/survey and take just ...

I give up. Whats an obstructive hypopnea? I thought there were only 2 categories: obstructive apneas or hypopneas I'm confused, as usual. _________________ CPAPopedia Keywords Contained In This Post (Click For Definition): Hypopnea Guest, The obstructive apnea, as I understand it, is the soft tissu...