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Friday 23 February 2018

Snoring

'Snore' once meant the same as 'snort' and was applied to animals. William Shakespeare was the first to use the verb for human snoring.

About 45% of adults snore at least occasionally and 25% snore habitually.

Men are twice as likely to snore as women.


The noise of a really rasping snore can register 69 decibels. A pneumatic drill is 70-90 decibels.

President Theodore Roosevelt was such a loud snorer that during some overnight stays at the Washington hospital, they provided him with his own floor so the other patients could sleep. 

The loudest snore ever recorded was measured at 112 decibels — equivalent to live rock music and almost as loud as a jet engine. Grandmother Jenny Chapman, 60, from Deeping St James, Cambridgeshire, England was recorded during a trial of natural snoring remedies in 2009. Her husband Colin said: "It could be worse, she could be a sleepwalker."

A survey found that 23% of married or cohabiting couples slept separately on a regular basis, mostly due to snoring.

Bed partners of snorers visit their doctor more frequently than bed partners of non-snorers.


In a 1997 divorce case in Iran, a woman admitted drugging her husband early in the marriage so that he would not hear her snoring.

The European Patent Office lists more than 2,000 devices to alleviate, treat or prevent snoring.

In 2005, the British Medical Journal published a paper reporting that playing the didgeridoo can help people with sleep disorders including snoring.

One folk remedy for snoring advises pinching the big toe of anyone who snores.


In Massachusetts, snoring is banned unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

You cannot snore and dream at the same time. People normally snore when in deep sleep and at the same time we dream when sleeping soundly but still snoring and dreams do not go hand in hand.

Source Daily Express

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