Abstract:Introduction: Snoring is ''to breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate''. Naturally occurring or drug-induced sleep is a requirement for its appearance. Snoring is the audible sign of increased upper airway resistance. It is known to be an important clinical hallmark of OSA (Nakano et al., 2003) and, as such, may be a useful and an easily accessible marker to screen for obstructive SDB.Materials and methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Otorhinol… Show more
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