Your article makes no mention of the use of Dental Appliances in the treatment of snoring and sleep apnoea disorders.
There is a strong correlation between sleep disturbing tooth grinding, snoring and sleep apnoea ( which could also well be affected by your readers neck brace ).
The first line, of a logical approach, in diagnosis and understanding, is to provide a bite correcting appliance, at an increased bite height to see if it makes any difference, which it usually does.
If that is unsuccessful the dental appliance that holds the jaw in a forward position, thus opening the airway, is invariably successful, and much less sleep disturbing than CPAP.

Peter Bishop, Bristol, UK

While I understand that obstructive sleep apnoea is a serious issue for a tiny minority or people, most people who snore do so because they are fat, smoke, or drunk.
The lifestyles these people lead directly contributes to their nocturnal grunts and splutters. The partners of these people are the ones who suffer most. For them, there is no relief other than earplugs* or a separate bedroom. It's rather like expecting the partner of an amputee to cut off one of their own limbs so they can experience the same level of disability.
* I buy mine from www.snorestore.co.uk

Jessica Gooch, London,

Has this actually happened, or is it speculation and not actually news. Either way, the numbers are not large and as has been said, the vast majority of snoring is not this serious.
Open mouth snoring accounts for about 70% of the problem.
P J Boden's idea may be similar to that on www.thesnoringcap.com.

Bob, ASCOT, UK

I am in Germany and have been using a CPAP mask since last October. I cannot praise this therapy enough. It has given me a complete new life. Please let this mask be made more freely available in GB. I used to be exhausted even after 7 hours' "sleep" and after 11 a.m. was useless, with my body screaming silently for sleep. Now I am fit until 22h and wake up ready to take on anything.

M.C.McQueen, Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria, Germany

After an accident that broke both my legs and hurt my neck. I was confined to bed for several weeks. As a precaution I wore a neck brace all the time. I had been a casual snorer but. miraculously I never snored wearing the neck brace even though I spent most of the time, confined several weeks, in bed lying. on my back .
My wife reported that i never snored when I wore my brace.
I was aware that several of my friends had complaining wifes about husbands' snoring and I asked the offending husdands to wear a my spare brace. For some reason none of them would experiment. I could have patented this but couldn' t confirm it.
Has anybody else tried it ????

Dr P J Boden, Nottingham, UK

Why do couples where one partner snores insist on continuing to share the same bed, even where a spare bed exits? Sleep is an extremely personal thing, but even still we doggedly try to get sleep virtually on top of our partners when they snore, read with the light on, want to watch tv or just take up too much space. I suggest we start a trend for separate bedrooms s(where space permits) so that after a good night cuddle parties can retire (if they wish) to their own bed in their own room - how fabulous would that be? I would argue that it would improve relationships far more than it would distance couples. But this separate rooms or beds seems to be such a stigma for some reason. Let's ditch the stigma and all get a decent nights sleep.

Bella T, UK,

Mislading - people with OSA snore but that's not why they need CPAP. Untreated, the underlying breathing difficulty can lead to more serious health problems and expense for the NHS. I seriously doubt that NICE has sanctioned the use of CPAP for snoring in general.

colin, preston, uk

Neil, From what I've read it makes far more financial sense for the NHS to pay £500 for a CPAP machine, than to fund the treatment of the potential long term consequences such as heart disease and stroke, should the OSA not be managed.

Lee, Bristol,

is anyone else outraged that the nhs are so badly run as to aloow this you only have to look at the state of nhs care homes to know that this is a joke.... we cant keep our hospitals clean or look after our elderly properly but can afford to fork out for this?!?! i would rather MY £400 go to a care home (we'll all be there eventually)!

Andy, aberdeen,

What should be made clear through this article is that Obstructive Sleep Apnoea can be extremely debilitating. Imagine how you, as a 'normal' person feel after 1 or 2 poor nights' sleep. Now imagine that your sleep is (unbeknown to you) being disrupted anything from 10 to 120 times an hour because the upper airway is collapsing. When this is happening every night, and has gone unrecognised for years because your partner has got used to the snoring, or you're sleeping in another room the effect on your heart and blood pressure, memory and concentration and many other areas can be enormous. You can fall asleep as soon as you sit still for a minute, not good at traffic lights. People with untreated OSA should not be driving, yet many sufferers drive for a living because their sedentary jobs lead to them becoming overweight.
Snoring is still seen by many as amusing, as shown by the 'Comment' article, but it can wreck homes and lives and should be treated in that manner.

Hannah, London,

A member of my family uses the mask. The only downsides are:
1 - the user has immense difficulty explaining to people at check-in and security for planes what the whole device is for. If you receive one of these, be prepared to obtain a doctor's note providing explanation before travelling;
2 - they end up sounding like Darth Vader when asleep!

JS, Cambridge,

This is why the NHS is in financial trouble there is no need for this to be provided on the NHS this should a private medicine item as should IVF and sex changes.

Neil, edinburhg, scotland