Snoring is a problem for many people. Up to 80 per cent of men over the age of 50 snore. This refers to up to 30 per cent of the total population. When measuring snoring sounds results of 40 dB are not uncommon – a sound volume which can be described as clearly disturbing. There are, however, also peaks of up to 90 dB which corresponds to the soundscape of a motor truck.

Not only does snoring rob you of your sleep, it is a health risk for your partner as well. This fact was revealed by recent sleep studies. According to scientists snoring can shorten your and your partner’s lifetime by several years.

As this does not sound very promising, people afflicted have become more sensitive to this topic over the last few years. Scores of scientists have been searching for solutions to the problem. Some of those solutions are painful and expensive, many are cumbersome to use and quite a few only provide limited effectiveness.