Allen J. Moses,1 DDS, R. Gordon Klockow,2 DDS and Marcus Lieberman,3 PhD Abstract Resistance to nasal airflow at the nares approximates half the airflow resistance of the entire respiratory system. Nasal dilation at the nares prevents collapsibility via the Bernoulli Principle. Acoustic rhinometry was used to test a system of 1/ 2 inch diameter acrylic discoid … [Read more...] about Pilot Study Testing the Concept of Intraoral Nasal Dilation – Allen J. Moses, R. Gordon Klockow, and Marcus Lieberman
Volume 3.3 : May-June 2008
Reliability of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire Hebrew Translation and Cross Cultural Comparison of the Psychometric Properties
Orna Tzchishinsky, D.Sc.,1 Dubi Lufi, Ph.D.1 and Tamar Shochat, D.Sc.2 Your Idea: Protect It Before It's Too Late! Abstract Objective: Sleep disturbances and poor sleep habits in children have been associated with reduced daytime functioning. To investigate cross-cultural differences in sleep habits and disorders in school aged children, we assessed internal consistency … [Read more...] about Reliability of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire Hebrew Translation and Cross Cultural Comparison of the Psychometric Properties
Your Idea: Protect It Before It's Too Late! – Kolkowski
Whether your idea involves a new sleep test or method; sleep diagnostic or therapeutic device; improvement to a method or device; business method or software: you need to consider the steps needed to protect your idea. Protection generally is not the end but rather just the start to beginning to effectively capitalize on your idea. Ideas or inventions can be … [Read more...] about Your Idea: Protect It Before It's Too Late! – Kolkowski
The Future of Sleep Disorder Breathing Testing – Baker and Schramm
The Future of Sleep Disorder Breathing Testing Background The prevalence of Sleep Disorder Breathing (SDB) has been well described and documented. Awareness of the disorder, its negative impact on health, and the financial burden it creates is growing globally. To address this problem in the United States, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) late last … [Read more...] about The Future of Sleep Disorder Breathing Testing – Baker and Schramm
Home Sleep Testing – Portable PSGs Come Full Circle – Jeff Kuznia
Home Sleep Testing - Portable PSGs Come Full Circle Those of us who have been in the field a long, long time remember when a number of products were available and in use in the U.S. to provide home sleep testing, both attended and unattended. Back in the late ‘80’s and early 90’s many recorders were used for portable sleep testing, including the old … [Read more...] about Home Sleep Testing – Portable PSGs Come Full Circle – Jeff Kuznia