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  • Patient Assessment

Background:

  • Assessing snoring severity and annoyance is difficult due to a lack of objective parameters.
  • Self-assessment by snorers is unreliable, and the validity of bed partner reports is uncertain.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the agreement between acoustic snoring parameters and bed partner assessments of snoring.
  • To determine the reliability of objective and subjective snoring evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving 18 subjects and 24 polysomnographies.
  • Measurement of acoustic parameters including snoring index (SI), snoring time (ST), sound pressure level, and psychoacoustic snore score (PSS).
  • Bed partners provided subjective assessments of snoring annoyance, loudness, and treatment outcomes.

Main Results:

  • No significant correlation was found between subjective annoyance and acoustic parameters.
  • A moderate correlation existed between perceived loudness and acoustic loudness (N5) and PSS during the highest SI hour.
  • Post-intervention, mean sound energy (LAeq) correlated with bed partner assessments, but this was not consistently confirmed.

Conclusions:

  • Weak correlations between objective acoustic data and subjective bed partner ratings suggest caution in snoring assessment.
  • Neither acoustic parameters (from single-night measurements) nor bed partner reports should be used as the sole method for evaluating snoring severity.