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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Natasha May Health reporter

How a ‘vacuum cleaner turned the other way’ became a popular solution to snoring disorders

Couple with Cpap machine on side table with husband wearing Cpap mask sleeping
Sleep medicine physician Dr Linda Schachter says if snoring disturbs a partner’s sleep, it is worth treating. Photograph: Mongkolchon Akesin/Getty Images

When Nick went camping in the summer with friends, he would set up his tent 100 metres away from the group.

“It became a bit that I did,” says Nick. As early as his teenage years, he learned to use humour to cope with what was immediately a social problem: the “cacophony” of his snoring.

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