Clinical Trial Reports 

This section will eventually contain my collection of clinical trial reports for various snoring treatments. 

This section is organised as a kind of literature survey, addressing the questions I thought most relevant.  If you click on the references you'll get the whole article, or at least the abstract (for articles which are not freely available).

1. What are the types of snoring and how do they work?

2. Do Mandibular Advancement Devices actually stop people snoring?

3. What are the side effects of Mandibular Advancement Devices?

4. Will losing weight stop me snoring?

5. Will quitting smoking stop me snoring?

6. Will stopping alcohol consumption stop me snoring?

7. What are the surgical options, and how effective are they?

8. Can Didgeridoo lessons really stop me snoring?

1. What are the types of snoring and how do they work?

[still to come]

2. Do Mandibular Advancement Devices actually stop people snoring?

[still to come]

3. What are the side effects of Mandibular Advancement Devices?

[still to come]

4. Will losing weight stop me snoring?

[still to come]

5. Will quitting smoking stop me snoring?

[still to come]

6. Will stopping alcohol consumption stop me snoring?

[still to come]

7. What are the surgical options, and how effective are they?

[still to come]

8. Can Didgeridoo lessons really stop me snoring?

This paper suggests the answer is "Yes!".  It primarily looks at the effects of Didgeridoo playing on OSA, but also looks at "partner sleep disturbance" which is an indication of snoring.

The study looked at 25 patients who had moderate OSA, were not obese, not using CPAP, and not heavy drinkers.  It found that around 3hrs of didgeridoo practice per week, for 4 months, made significant improvements in the patients' OSA, daytime sleepiness, and partner sleep quality. 

Note to myself : I would like to get the following papers to help explore the idea that strengthening of the muscles of the upper airway may reduce OSA and or Snoring.  This would also give some support to the Buteyko method.

8 Mann EA, Burnett T, Cornell S, Ludlow CL. The effect of neuromuscular stimulation of
the genioglossus on the hypopharyngeal airway. Laryngoscope 2002;112:351-6.
9 Randerath WJ, Galetke W, Domanski U,Weitkunat R, Ruhle KH. Tongue-muscle training
by intraoral electrical neurostimulation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Sleep 2004;27:254-9.
10 Verse T, Schwalb J, Hormann K, Stuck BA, Maurer JT. [Submental transcutaneous electrical
stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea]. HNO 2003;51:966-70.