Airway openQuiet breathing
Airway narrowedSnoring
Airway closedSilenceDrawing: Patrick J. Lynch, CC BY 2.5. Position of the tongue base and soft palate adapted.
Editorial:What happens to our breathing during sleep?
From quiet breathing to snoring, and from snoring to pauses in breathing: what happens in the throat through the night, and which of it matters.If snoring, breathing pauses and daytime sleepiness come together, talking to a doctor may help.
Guide · 4 min readSleeping on your back may increase snoring and breathing pauses in some people.
Guide · 3 min readWe compare every new version with sleep laboratory measurements, on recordings we never used during development.
Read the methodIn the morning you read, in a few sentences, when the snoring started and the moments when no breathing could be heard. The audio never leaves the phone during the recording.
Nefesly records snoring and breathing sound patterns with your phone's microphone while you sleep; if you wear a smartwatch or ring, it also reads what they measure and shows it all to you as a summary. It is not a medical device; it does not diagnose, monitor or treat any disease and does not replace a doctor's examination.
Pofi is the Nefesly pillow. Breathe in as it puffs up, breathe out as it settles; pick one of three paces and let Pofi keep it.