这种新的鼾症治疗仪是由一个话筒和一个振动器组成。使用时话筒放在离病人鼻子50cm处,振动器放在枕头下,当话筒记录到连续3次鼾声时,振动器发生振动,唤醒患者,改变体位,使打鼾停止。这种治疗仪适用于平卧位睡觉时打鼾而侧卧位时打鼾停止的患者。为了对这种治疗仪的疗效作出评价,作者对8名33～68岁有10年以上习惯性打鼾的患者进行试验。这8名患者连续每晚使用这种治疗仪1月后再到睡眠实验室中连续观察2个晚上。用噪声水平分析仪记录鼾声强度,并采用动脉血 This new snoring device consists of a microphone and a vibrator. When using the microphone placed 50cm away from the patient’s nose, the vibrator on the pillow, when the microphone records three consecutive snores, the vibrator vibrates, awakens the patient, changes position, and stops snoring. This therapeutic apparatus is suitable for snoring in supine position and snoring in lateral position. In order to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of this device, the authors tested 8 habitual snoring patients 33 to 68 years of age over 10 years. The eight patients continued to use the instrument continuously every night for one month and then went to the sleep laboratory for two consecutive nights. Snoring intensity was recorded with a noise level analyzer and arterial blood was used