Volume 134, Issue 2 pp. 987-992
Case Report

Snoring Patterns During Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy Up-Titration

Yixuan James Zheng MD

Yixuan James Zheng MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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Yi Cai MD

Yi Cai MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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Kene-Chukwu Ifeagwu BA

Kene-Chukwu Ifeagwu BA

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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Jolie L. Chang MD

Corresponding Author

Jolie L. Chang MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Surgical Services, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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Jolie L. Chang, MD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 2380 Sutter Street Box 0342, San Francisco, CA 94115.

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First published: 19 June 2023
Citations: 1
Editor's Note: This Manuscript was accepted for publication on May 31, 2023.

Presented at COSM (#2998, Dallas, TX, Spring 2022).

IRB approval #: 19-27693.

Graphical Abstract

Longitudinal snoring changes can be captured using a mobile phone application. During hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HNS) therapy up-titration, increasing stimulation voltage was associated with reduced snoring frequency and intensity in this case series of six patients.

Laryngoscope, 134:987–992, 2024

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

Jolie L. Chang is supported by the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System. The contents do not represent the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs or those of the US government. The authors have no other financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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