Sonic Treatment For Snoring
In my business understanding the science of how sound works is the cornerstone to providing effective solutions for the material flow and storage industries. These industries - such as cement, gypsum, pharmaceuticals and grain - all share the common problem of safe silo cleaning. It's a complex problem that people have worked to solve for many years. The cost to industry has been enormous - downtime, accidents, repair and extra maintenance cost. Our sonic horns can eradicate these problems and they have now become an accepted solution around the world.
Q: So what am I leading to with this point?
A: Snoring
Yep, that's right ... snoring.
For as long as anyone can remember, snoring has been a problem common to people everywhere and to date there has been no true, proven and accepted solution. The cost of snoring problems has, like silo cleaning problems, been great ... but of course in a different way. Relationships have been ruined and many a good night's sleep has been lost resulting in tiredness the next day, lethargy, inefficency at work and even accidents and illness. You could argue that if someone could cure snoring, the world would be a much healthier and happier place!
Well, someone may well have come up with the answer - by using sound waves. At the University of Pittsburgh, trials have been conducted with patients suffering from snoring problems. Under a local anaesthetic a radio frequency device (described as a wand-like device) was inserted into the mouth, coming into contact with the soft tissue of the palate. Apparently it's the palate's soft tissue that vibrates during snoring and what this clever device does is emit sound waves that in turn stiffen the soft tissue, preventing it from vibrating. The University's trial results were astonishing - 70% of the snoring patients saw a reduction in their snoring and hence an improvement in their quality of life.
Another piece of evidence of how understanding the complexities of sound waves can bring benefit in ways we might never have imagined.
Q: So what am I leading to with this point?
A: Snoring
Yep, that's right ... snoring.
For as long as anyone can remember, snoring has been a problem common to people everywhere and to date there has been no true, proven and accepted solution. The cost of snoring problems has, like silo cleaning problems, been great ... but of course in a different way. Relationships have been ruined and many a good night's sleep has been lost resulting in tiredness the next day, lethargy, inefficency at work and even accidents and illness. You could argue that if someone could cure snoring, the world would be a much healthier and happier place!
Well, someone may well have come up with the answer - by using sound waves. At the University of Pittsburgh, trials have been conducted with patients suffering from snoring problems. Under a local anaesthetic a radio frequency device (described as a wand-like device) was inserted into the mouth, coming into contact with the soft tissue of the palate. Apparently it's the palate's soft tissue that vibrates during snoring and what this clever device does is emit sound waves that in turn stiffen the soft tissue, preventing it from vibrating. The University's trial results were astonishing - 70% of the snoring patients saw a reduction in their snoring and hence an improvement in their quality of life.
Another piece of evidence of how understanding the complexities of sound waves can bring benefit in ways we might never have imagined.
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8:31 AM
