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The British
Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association (BSSAA) is a registered
not-for-profit organisation formed in 1991 to help snorers
and their bed partners to end the nights of disturbed and
lost sleep, to resolve the bad feelings that often develop
and to help them return again to peaceful nights together.
The aims of the association are to promote public awareness
that snoring and sleep apnoea are generally treatable
complaints and that help is available. |
Our organisation
provides snorers and their partners with comprehensive information
on causes of snoring and sleep apnoea.
We advise on what treatments are available and the clinically proven
treatments that we recommend.
Our website provides a self-help guide to stopping snoring. A series
of ‘snore tests’ will determine the cause of the problem and will
take the snorer to the most appropriate treatment according to the
type of snoring.
What to do if simple measures have not been successful and further
investigations are required.
Our organisation offers confidential Face-to-Face meetings where
snorers and their partners can speak to one of our advisers at
length about their snoring and receive an ‘action plan’ to help
resolve it.
We also offer a comprehensive sleep study service where patients are
able to undergo an overnight ‘sleep study’ in the comfort of their
own home. Results of the study are provided in a comprehensive
report together with recommended treatment.
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, 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 who
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.
For more information about snoring and sleep apnoea visit
www.britishsnoring.co.uk.
The information contained on our web site is based on clinical and
scientific evidence.
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