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[Tom @ Intus]

To repeat a note on another thread , i spotted a sleep apnoea machine on an american comedy show michael and molly ... is there a prize or should we start a sort of bird watching competition were we cross off different models as we spot them.

I'm in!

Here's my entry - CPAP spotted in the trailer for a new comedy called "Hall Pass":



Screengrab attached for good measure

[martin]

I know this thread is from a while ago but thought i'd update. A humidifier chamber has whacked the noise level way down...I use it without the heater element to keep the weight down and tape the base onto the plastic as otherwise the base blows off (a very unusual and confusing experience).

I found some flat seperate chambers with a short tube on the internet but they didn't seem to be available in uk.

[martin]

Old thread but wondering if anyone has tried the passover humidifiers, looks like a flat plastic box with tubes in and out but don't see a uk supplier. Could be a handy travel add on.

[James @ Intus]

The passover ones really do very little. Most people who travel out of the UK go to a more humid climate where a passover humidifier offers the same humidity as the atmosphere there in the first place.

You could of course go with waterless humidification...

PS about your issue from a long time ago with the hose making more noise at the mask end, try flipping the hose around

[martin]

Think I'll pass , i like my sleepweaver, not sure about the nasal pillow things. It was more to add a baffle for the noise.

Re flipping the tube round, I tried that but because I forgot to take the mask off the other end it was a total failure.

[Grumpy]

what noise?

The only time I get any significant noise is if I have a mask leak; otherwise the set-up is all but silent.
Perhaps there is a problem with your machine or the mask isn't sealing as well as you think it is?

[martin]

Chuckles Grumpy, some nights its def the sealing, sometimes the wee bugger just won't behave.

Just been told that I have an ear issue, apparently either the lil bones in my ear have become sticky, the hairs somewhere inside my ear have got lazy or cattargh has gone the wrong way and stuck me up so noise by bone conduction is a problem. Sigh, 50 years old and another bit gives up the ghost. Funny, I hadn't realised how much my hearing had deteriorated until I was tested. Wonder which bit'll go next......wonder if I could get bets going.

[Fredxx]

Horrible though it is, the catarrh issue is one I get...and have solved. I am always getting ear problems and a few yeas ago my ears were bunged up so I couldn't hear properly...but a check by the doctor showed them to be clear. I had badly reduced hearing for about 3 years.

Then I found the sinupulse! It took about 2 weeks of using it twice a day with water as warm as was comfortable, but it cleared the problem. That was a couple of years ago now, I sometimes start to get the "blocked ear" symptoms again, but a couple of cycles with the sinupulse sorts it.

[martin]

Horrible though it is, the catarrh issue is one I get...and have solved. I am always getting ear problems and a few yeas ago my ears were bunged up so I couldn't hear properly...but a check by the doctor showed them to be clear. I had badly reduced hearing for about 3 years.
Then I found the sinupulse! It took about 2 weeks of using it twice a day with water as warm as was comfortable, but it cleared the problem. That was a couple of years ago now, I sometimes start to get the "blocked ear" symptoms again, but a couple of cycles with the sinupulse sorts it.

Interesting...........wondering how the water up the nose helps with ear though. Seeing a doc for a second appointment on Fri so hopefully I will have more info then as to what, where, why and what next but I'll bring it up with him. Heck, might buy it for myself for a birthday prezzie, I've bought less usefull things just on the off chance they might work.......those nozzles look scary though.

[Fredxx]

I think the emphasis was on warm water rather than just water. I can only go by my own experiences.

I agree about it looking scary to use; whilst I wouldn't describe it as pleasant, it isn't anywhere near as bad as it looks. Even if it doesn't sort out the ears, I find it helps me during hay-fever season and when I have a cold, both times that aren't fun with the CPAP. There are a few on here that recommend it.

[Grumpy]

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wondering how the water up the nose helps with ear though

Well they are connected; that's why you have Ear, Nose and Throat departments in hospitals. I suspect that a pressure build up in your sinuses can impact your hearing; as well as giving you headaches.

Sinupulse is fairly easy to use and not horrible. The worst that can happen is the odd trickle of salty water into your throat. You will soon get used to it. I would give up my CPAP first.