ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:50 am
This reminds me of the little mouth vent on Somnifix.
I went to the website for Somnifix and bought one after reading this: "Yes, you can use PureSleep if you breathe through your mouth during sleep as there is a lot of space between the upper and lower components of the device to allow air to freely pass." That's the point of the straw: to allow air that has already leaked into the mouth to pass out of the mouth before it builds up pressure, expands the cheeks, and finally puffs through the lips.
The Somnifix website explains what causes snoring: "During sleep, the muscles surrounding the upper airway relax, allowing the base of the tongue and surrounding soft tissue to move back, against the rear of the upper airway. Air rushing through this narrowed opening causes the soft tissue to “flutter” like a flag in a breeze, producing the snoring sound.
PureSleep is molded to your teeth, allowing it to firmly but gently hold your lower teeth forward of their normal position, relative to your upper teeth. This moves the jaw forward, along with the base of the tongue and surrounding soft tissue.
By holding your jaw forward, the base of the tongue and surrounding soft tissue are also moved forward, away from the back of the upper airway. This widens the upper airway, allowing improved airflow. Since air no longer must rush through the airway, the soft tissue is far less likely to flutter, so there the sound of snoring is therefore dramatically reduced or entirely eliminated." I think this is also when air leaks into the mouth.
Anyhoo, I'm going to try this Somnifix device to see if it is a better way to allow air to escape the mouth than my straw. Certainly more expensive. Maybe it will prevent air leakage into the mouth. The straw can't do that.
