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About Us
The British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea
Association is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated
to helping snorers and their bed partners improve their
sleep, returning them again to peaceful nights together.
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The aims of the association, founded
in 1991, are to promote public awareness that
snoring and sleep apnoea are generally treatable
complaints and that help is available. Information
on causes and treatments can be obtained from our
web site or by telephone to one of our help line
advisers. We also have a close working relationship
with the medical profession and provide them and
their patients with our expert help and information. |
We regularly undertake research into all
areas of snoring and sleep apnoea and our papers have been
presented to the medical profession and featured in peer
review journals. One of our surveys - Snoring & Sexual
Relationships was presented at the Royal Society of Medicine
in 2005 and also at the British Sleep Society Annual
Conference.
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We pride ourselves on our high level
of expertise that we continue to develop by
attending study days and conferences with our
medical colleagues. Our membership of organisations
such as the Royal Society of Medicine, The European
Sleep Research Society, The British Thoracic Society
and The British Sleep Society enables us to meet
with other health professionals to exchange ideas
and information.
In 2004 we joined forces with other
organisations and charities that have an interest in
snoring and sleep apnoea, to form the Sleep
Alliance. The aims of the Sleep Alliance are to
lobby Parliament to provide better facilities for
sleep medicine. |
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The British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea
Association has a very high media profile and our directors
have appeared on many TV shows with celebrities such as
Gloria Hunniford, Richard & Judy, Matthew Kelly, Carol
Vordeman, Robert Kilroy, This Morning, The One Show, Alan
Titchmarsh, CNN, BBC World News and Big Brother. We have
also assisted in the making of TV programmes such as
Solution Street with Gabby Rosalind and the BBC’s Inside
Out. We have even made the 6 O'clock news on both ITV and
BBC television!
In 1998 the TV programme Tomorrow's World, featured our very
popular
Somni
Snore Guard. This oral vestibular shield was a
revolutionary new product designed to help those snorers who
are 'mouth breathers'. It is now one of our most popular
products. In February 2005 Professor Winston in his
programme How to Sleep Better, featured a device which is a
simple but very effective treatment for snoring. The device
known as a mandibular advancement device has changed the
lives of thousands of snorers. Our very own
Tomed
SomnoGuard is a similar device and is now our
most popular product for 'tongue base' snorers.
We
appear on radio several times a week and have regular
'slots' on many shows. The written press always want
'snoring stories' and we feature at least once a week in a
newspaper or magazine. Our press releases are renowned for
catching the attention of the media as snoring continues to
be a popular subject. Our Media and Marketing Director is a
member of the Medical Journalists' Association.
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