Discover Somnocor, Canada’s leading provider of professional home sleep testing services. We specialize in delivering comprehensive tests for obstructive sleep apnea directly to your door, ensuring convenience and expert care.
Our home sleep testing can be performed 24/7, 365 days a year.
of home sleep testing makes it possible to test over several nights, which helps eliminate false readings.
There’s nothing like the comfort of your own bed. With just a sensor on your finger and nose and a small device on a belt around your chest, our home sleep test can tell whether or not you have obstructive sleep apnea.
Somnocor is Canada’s largest and most respected provider of sleep testing services and solutions. We are the country’s leading source for home sleep testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Chronic fatigue and sleeplessness is a growing – and very real – public health concern. Every day we support healthcare professionals in achieving optimum health for their patients by proficiently collecting and analyzing sleep test data collected in the comfort and convenience of the patient’s home.
The Somnocor solution uses state-of-the-art technology to provide accurate diagnosis, and prompt reporting of results. It is a highly efficient and cost-effective sleep diagnostic option embraced by a wide range of satisfied clients – hospitals, independent health facilities, private sleep laboratories, homecare companies, family physicians, dentists, wellness service providers, clinical trial sponsors, private companies, and patients alike.
The patient comes first in all we do. Our passion is to provide our customers with services of uncompromising quality—error-free, on time, every time. We are dedicated to the relentless pursuit of excellence which is reflected in the diagnostic services we offer.
Credibility is the key to our success; all of our processes, decisions and actions are ultimately driven by integrity. We are always honest and forthright in our dealings with customers and patients.
As a company and as individuals, we accept full responsibility for our performance and acknowledge our accountability for all we do. We strive for continuous improvement; believing that competence, reliability, and adherence to disciplined processes are the keys to excellence and 100% customer satisfaction.
We aspire to be the best at what we do. We embrace the qualities of personal leadership—confidence, competence, and a desire for surpassing expectations.
Our team of physicians, clinicians, registered sleep technologists, administrative staff, and patient care specialists are always available to answer any questions you or your patients may have. All Somnocor professionals have years of experience in the sleep medicine industry. As well, we provide thorough and frequent training to our staff in device technologies, patient care, patient confidentiality, and continuing sleep medicine education.
We pride ourselves in the knowledge and expertise we provide with our home sleep diagnostic services.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a common sleep-related breathing disorder. The word apnea means “no breathing,” and sleep apnea refers to pauses in breathing that occur during sleep. When breathing is blocked for more than 10 seconds, an “apnea” event has occurred. On average, these pauses last for 10 to 30 seconds, until the brain reacts, briefly waking the person up, which resolves the problem.
With each episode of apnea, oxygen levels in the blood drop, the heart speeds up and sleep is interrupted in order to resume breathing. This cycle of repeated waking and cardiac stress happens repeatedly throughout the night. Even though the sleeper often has no recollection of these awakenings, they usually report restlessness and the disturbances have a serious impact on sleep quality and daytime functioning.
This refers to obstruction of the airway due to a relaxing and subsequent collapse of tissues in the mouth and throat including the tongue, tonsils, soft palate, and uvula. Being overweight is often a major contributing factor to OSA, because of increased fatty deposits in the throat.
A regular schedule of adequate, good-quality sleep is needed to be rested and refreshed in the morning. Repeated disturbances in sleep time and reduced blood oxygen levels interfere with a person’s normal sleep pattern. This can result in excessive daytime sleepiness, memory loss and poor concentration, mood changes and reduced quality of life.
They certainly can be. Sleepiness, is the primary symptom of sleep apnea. Others include:
Sleep apnea is also associated with serious health conditions including ischemic heart disease, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, depression, and type 2 diabetes. Untreated OSA has been linked to a shortened life span.
OSA can include all or some of the following:
Yes! The first step is to get an accurate diagnosis. This is done by monitoring a person while they sleep. Once diagnosed, there are various treatment options available. Your healthcare provider will suggest a treatment option depending on the factors causing the obstruction and your overall medical history. Treatment options may include:
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