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Mon 23rd Jan Tackling the Curse of Snoring
Some call it an inconvenience; some call it irksome. Be you a self-confessed snorer, or a poor sufferer of someone else’s symptoms, Snoring has been a curse on good sleep for as long as there have been records on which to record it.
Take the Carr family for example. A quiet, unassuming sort of family from Daytona Beach, USA, in 1948 the Carr family were so plagued by their neighbour’s Snoring they felt forced to take him to court for “disturbance of the peace”.
In his closing remarks to the court the judge described the accused man’s Snoring as “both loud and unusual: one might even say tumultuous”. Regardless of the disturbance it was causing however, the judge found favour with the accused, decided the Snoring was not wilful, or indeed malicious. As such he concluded: “a private citizen may snore with immunity in his own home, even though he may be in possession of unusual and exceptional natural ability in that particular field.”
But the problem of Snoring doesn’t just extend to petty disputes between neighbours – it can even affect family life, and can lead to divorce!
In a quite remarkable story, the May 11, 1951 edition of the Lewiston Morning Tribune featured the headline “Hubby Breaks Snoring Habit, But Wife Won’t Have Him”. The news story featured one Richard Michalak, a 25-year-old egg inspector whose wife, Florence, claimed Richard’s night noises “had wrecked her health”. In an attempt to save their marriage Richard is said to have pored over more than 500 suggested cures for Snoring, and even though he did reportedly find one, his young wife (20) wouldn’t take him back.
While these two stories are perhaps amusing examples of Snoring in the news, there is in fact quite a serious matter underpinning both these items: namely, that Snoring really does have a dramatic impact on people’s lives.
While we may laugh at examples of Snoring leading to divorce, it’s actually becoming an increasingly common problem among married couples.
As a dental professional, you are on the “front-line” of the battle against Snoring, and with the help of S4S, can offer your patients the solution they so desperately need. S4S are dental splint specialists offering a full range of dental appliances for the treatment of many sleep related conditions including Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
