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Advantages of the AcuSleep Test
The AcuSleep test is simply the best non-prescription method to discover what someone's sleep is really like. Just Watching Your Child Does Not Work
Proper sleep assessment requires hours of careful observation. Watching sleep for a few minutes may be misleading, because sleep changes profoundly from hour to hour and minute to minute. An expert in sleep medicine says:Tape Recording Doesn't WorkAcuSleep stays up all night, so you don't have to!
"Unless parents stay up or wake up to observe their child during the second half of the night, they may be unaware of the severity of their child's [sleep breathing problems]."
For decades, doctors have asked parents and other adults to tape record the sounds of their child, husband, or wife sleeping. The expert in sleep medicine, however, says:The AcuSleep Advantage
"Simple audiotape recordings, although touted by some as useful for detecting sleep-disordered breathing in children, are probably not useful, and may be misleading."
AcuSleep has many advantages over tape recording and direct observation, including:The table below provides more detail.
- Duration and quality of data that are collected,
- The quality and thoroughness of the analysis, and
- Convenience.
| AcuSleep | Tape Recording | |
| Data | Records 8 hours of data | Records 1 or 2 hours |
| Records 3 data types: - Sound |
Records sound only | |
| Records sounds of every breath | Records only loud breathing sounds | |
| Analysis | Detailed computer analysis of all data | No computer |
| Compact, visual output of all data | No visual output of |
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| Doctor can review visual output quickly and easily | Slow for doctor to listen to sound recording | |
| Can quickly listen to any part of the sound recording | Must rewind and fast-forward to find particular part of the recording | |
| Printed report and CD-ROM are convenient long-term records | Impractical as permanent record | |
| Convenience | Everything you need is provided | You must locate supplies |
| AcuSleep can send copy of report and CD-ROM directly to doctor | You must copy tape and deliver or mail it to doctor |
When you need to know, AcuSleep is the only choice.
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