Do you snore? There’s an app for that!
If you or your loved one snores, there’s an iPhone app that will help determine whether it’s something to be concerned about.
Is your sleep being interrupted by a chronic snorer? Do you find yourself torn between fury at your snoring partner or worry that he or she may be suffering from a potentially serious condition? If so, then here’s some news that may interest you … there’s an app for that! Before you get your hopes too high, the app – which has been developed by Finnish company Remote Analysis and is called Sleep Aid – will not stop sleeping beauty from sounding like an angry bear (ah, if only it could!). But what it will do is help you work out whether the person is simply a plain old snorer or whether he or she is suffering from sleep apnoea, a potentially serious condition which causes people to temporarily stop breathing while they sleep.
Gizmag reports Remote Analysis CEO Ossi Tiihonen as saying, “This application is very easy to use. Just place the iPhone on your night stand, click ‘Record’ and go to sleep. In the morning click ‘Wake up’. After this you can browse a graph based on the night time recording and listen to audio clips revealing your snoring. The app includes sample audio clips of regular snoring and sleep apnea. You can compare your own recording with the samples and conclude whether you might have sleep apnoea.”
If Sleep Aid sounds like something you need, it’s $2.99 US from the iPhone Store.
Very interesting. How I wish this iPhone app. could really treat the problem. Thank you for sharing!