ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2015
Are subjective assessments of snoring sounds reliable?
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- How to objectively measure snoring: a systematic review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of hypoglossal nerve stimulation on snoring: an evaluation using objective acoustic parameters.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Trial
- Smartphone-based delivery of oropharyngeal exercises for treatment of snoring: a randomized controlled trial.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2019Trial
- Irreversible Electroporation for Tonsillar Ablation in Adults.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Predicting patient-reported outcomes of radiofrequency uvulopalatoplasty with tonsillectomy in adult obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Transoral Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy: A Useful Complementary Tool in Sleep Surgery.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- The Annoying Nature of Snoring Sounds Is Not Only about Intensity: A Pilot Study on Exposed Test Subjects.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Definition of the snoring episode index based on the analyses of snoring parameters and the apnea hypopnea index.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The acoustical and perceptual features of snore-related sounds in patients with obstructive sleep apnea sleeping with the dynamic mandibular advancement system MATRx plus®.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness.Future science OA · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Simple Snoring and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of diabetes research · 2019Article
- Calculating annoyance: an option to proof efficacy in ENT treatment of snoring?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate whether snoring sounds can be reliably, i.e. reproducibly and comparably, assessed by the listener. This is an absolute prerequisite if an objective method is to provide a valid representation of subjective assessments of snoring sounds. Fifty-three subjects, both men and women, from different age categories assessed snoring sequences in terms of their annoyance level. This was done using a paired comparison model with ten sequences, once at original volume and once at adjusted peak level. In addition, assessments of 50 sequences were made using a visual analog scale (VAS). In the first paired comparison the assessments displayed very high consistency (K = 0.94) and high concordance (W = 0.83). The results showed very good agreement between the sexes (r s = 0.98), between different levels of snoring-related experience (r s = 0.99) and between different ages (r s = 0.98). At adjusted peak level there was also very high consistency (K = 0.91) although concordance was clearly lower (W = 0.50). The rankings in the two paired comparisons showed a high degree of correlation (r s = 0.81). The assessments on the VAS revealed good inter-rater reliability (α = 0.73) and a high degree of correlation with the result of the first paired comparison (r s = 0.93). Snoring sounds can be assessed in a reproducible and comparable manner in terms of their annoyance level. There are no gender-specific differences, and age-specific and experience-specific differences also appear to be negligible. While volume plays a dominant role, other characteristics of the sounds are also sufficient to permit an assessment.
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