Snoring with CPAP Mask on

[Cjsimmons0]

Woke up this morning and my Girlfriends said that she could hear me snoring slightly even when I had my CPAP mask on... It may have been just vibration from breathing hard... but is it out of the norm to still snore a little bit?

[archangle]

Snoring is probably an indication that you're on the hairy edge of needing more pressure. It should probably be investigated. Do you have software to check your own data?

[Cjsimmons0]

Nope I sure dont... What is good to use and I am on a Mac. I wouldnt even know how to read it what do u suggest?

[DaveLP]

Your equipment list shows a nasal pillow mask. If you are leaking air through your lips or your mouth is open, you can snore. Chin Strap or tape might help. Even with a chin strap, My monitoring software shows that I snore more than I realized from my wife's comments. I'm experimenting with micropore tape now.

[Cjsimmons0]

It should be a Mirage Liberty, Hybrid mask... It has a nasal pillow and mouth piece... What software to you use?

[DaveLP]

The software is hardware specific. For my Devilbiss Intellipap Auto, I use Smartlink, which is a software package sold by the manufacturer. For certain Phillips Respironics machines, you can use their software or a user supported open source program such as Onkor or Sleepyhead.

Had I known about those two, I might have opted for the PR system one and the open source software. That would have been close enough to the total I've spent on the Intellipap and Smartlink. The primary reason would have been that the PR software shows flow graphs, a breath by breath look at what happens to breathing when you have an event.

[Telle]

It's definitely possible to snore while on CPAP. When I had my initial titration done (going for a one-year re-titration tonight!) and I looked at my report, I saw that my AHI went down to next to nothing with a pressure of 12, but my snoring didn't stop until I got up to a pressure of 16.