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flyingwithoutwings · Post by **flyingwithoutwings** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:25 am

Can anyone tell me why Sleephead shows VS when I wear my FFM and none when I wear my nasal mask?

library lady · Post by **library lady** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:53 am

Does it always do that or is this the first time you've noticed it? Look for trends, keeping track of whien you use FF or nasal mask. Maybe you don't snore when using nasal mask. Other than that, I can't think of anything to cause that situation. Maybe someone who knows will chime in.

Janknitz · Post by **Janknitz** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:53 pm

PR's tend to pick up any vibration and score it as a VS. I think with a full face mask there's probably a lot of leakage and "face farts" even if they are so small you don't hear or feel them, and those will be marked as VS. There's just so much surface area on a FF mask to have little leaks and issues.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:03 pm

because you snore more with your ffm than with your nasal, apparently.

I've read that some people end up with their jaw pushed back a little with a ffm, and that closes the airway a little more.

flyingwithoutwings · Post by **flyingwithoutwings** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:30 pm

library lady wrote:Does it always do that or is this the first time you've noticed it? Look for trends, keeping track of whien you use FF or nasal mask. Maybe you don't snore when using nasal mask. Other than that, I can't think of anything to cause that situation. Maybe someone who knows will chime in.

Even since I started using the Quattro I noticed the VS, prior to that, when using just the nasal mask I rarely saw any.

Janknitz wrote:PR's tend to pick up any vibration and score it as a VS. I think with a full face mask there's probably a lot of leakage and "face farts" even if they are so small you don't hear or feel them, and those will be marked as VS. There's just so much surface area on a FF mask to have little leaks and issues.

OK, I didn't realize that a leak or face fart would register as a VS. I did wake up this morning to the mask leaking below my bottom lip.

I would love to go back to just using my nasal mask but I can't seem to breathe with them on right now.

Funny thing - once I started PAP therapy my husband stopped snoring.

flyingwithoutwings · Post by **flyingwithoutwings** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:34 pm

palerider wrote:because you snore more with your ffm than with your nasal, apparently.

I've read that some people end up with their jaw pushed back a little with a ffm, and that closes the airway a little more.

I believe you, I noticed that when I use a mouth guard with my FFM there are no VS.

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