New home sleep "lab"

Well, it appears there's a new way to detect sleep apnea that's much more convenient and cheaper than going to a sleep lab:

For US$2.99 snorers (or their long-suffering partners) can purchase a new iPhone app developed by Remote Analysis Ltd, a telemedicine provider from Finland, that analyzes snoring and advises if the patient should seek medical help.

See http://www.gizmag.com/iphone-app-snoring/13643/ for more info.

Okay, so maybe it isn't exactly an alternative to a full-blown study/titration, but it might be a means to convince a spouse or partner that they have an issue worthy of further investigation. Now if I can only get my doctor to write a prescription for a new I-phone . . . .

floboots wrote:Well, it appears there's a new way to detect sleep apnea that's much more convenient and cheaper than going to a sleep lab:

For US$2.99 snorers (or their long-suffering partners) can purchase a new iPhone app developed by Remote Analysis Ltd, a telemedicine provider from Finland, that analyzes snoring and advises if the patient should seek medical help.

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Actually, it is a clever idea. But I've got a simpler method. I always laughed off my snoring. I would ask "How bad can it really be?". Then one night I snored so loudly that not only did it startle awake my wife, but both of my children (quite young at the time) woke up screaming. My wife glared at me, told me to at least calm down one of them since I had so terrified them. Bingo! I had my answer. I can now officially state that my snoring is so bad that it terrifies women and children.

Part of what the education and medical community should emphasize is that we should listen to some of these complaints and seek treatment.

Yes there are also apps that also monitor your movement using the iphone too