Does your snoring drive people crazy?

Why not drive them crazy by playing the didgeridoo instead? Apparently, it's a research-supported snoring cure:

Reuters, LONDON: Researchers have discovered that playing the didgeridoo (an ancient wind instrument of the Australian Aborigines) reduces snoring and daytime sleepiness for those with obstructive sleep apnea. The condition occurs when the airway is obstructed during sleep, and results in the sufferer gasping for breath, snoring loudly, snorting and constantly waking up. It carries an increased risk of stroke, heart attacks and high blood pressure. Swiss experts, after hearing anecdotal reports of how playing the didgeridoo reduced snoring, decided to study how it could be applied clinically. They studied 25 patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea and two with a snoring problem. Half the group were given didgeridoo lessons and asked to practice playing daily at home for four months. The other half were told they were on a waiting list for lessons.

Daytime sleepiness and apnea scores improved significantly in the didgeridoo group, the British Medical Journal reported. Partners of patients playing the didgeridoo also reported much less sleep disturbance. "Our results may give hope to the many people with moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and snoring, as well as to their partners," said the researchers. Playing the didgeridoo requires a controlled breathing pattern, and researchers believe it helps to train the upper airways to combat the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.

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Comments

[Brian]

And here I was going to book myself into a sleep clinic. I wonder if Blue Cross will pay for a trip to Australia... to learn to play of course.

[RanXeroX]

You know, you can get these didgeridoos online for 35.00-250.00.. What a cool instrument.. I want one.

[RanXeroX]

Oddly enough I was told by an Aussie girl I dated that my snoring resembles the droning of the didgeridoo. I'm not sure if that was a compliment..

[Den of Imp Shell (Pixie)]

...can cats play didgeridoos? I need to know because the only one who snores around here is Oscar... it is DREADFULLY loud and wakes me up!

[Brian]

Our cat Blessing snores as well. He's so cute though. Except when he throws up in my tub and I don't find it until morning.

[Zsa Zsa]

So? If your husband snores? AND he climbs into bed with that Big horn? Uh... then what? Hmmm.

[Major John]

I think my wife would rather have the digideroo to use to hit me over the head ... that would be a cure. Sort of.

[Bob Cuddy]

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