The sound of snoring!

Lets try and understand the sound of snoring

I invite you to try sleeping with any of the following devices; all of which have been ranked as emitting the same or fewer decibels than the average person snoring:

  • An operational lawn mower

  • An industrial vacuum cleaner

  • A running motorcycle

  • An operational chain saw

  • A blender, food processor, or hair dryer (not one; all three at once!)

Snoring is often not temporary!

You usually hear the above sounds and then have them fade, such as when you hear a passing jet - you only have to hear it for a minute or so, and then its gone

Imagine, if you can, listen to these sounds all night long, and then you'll have a very real and non-exaggerated sense of what the person next to the snoring person withstands, or tries to withstand, on a nightly basis when attempting to co-exist with a full-time snoring person!

Snoring a desperate situation

Because of the seriousness of the sound of snoring, a number of people are desperate to end snoring. Either;

  • Their own snoring

  • That of a partner

Unfortunately, because the problem of snoring is so acute its actually fatal in some cases (Sleep Apnea), and you cant get more acute than that! There exists widespread confusion and misinformation with respect to how to end snoring once and for all (read further!)

Why do some people snore louder than others?

This, too, is the reason why some people snore louder than others; and why the actual tone and pitch of one person snoring may be different to another.

The actual snoring sound that emerges is dependant upon the force of wind that is being pushed through the (narrowed) airway. As you can envision, the more potent the force of wind (i.e. the faster the speed of the wind), the louder the snoring.

Snoring babies

This is why even babies can snore, but its often not considered snoring in the conventional sense, because an infants force of wind through their wind tunnel is so mild, that it can easily be ignored (though this can lead to complications; infant snoring can often be a symptom for a breathing and/or respiration problem, including allergy).