I used this a few months and then they blocked my mouth piece saying it had expired when it worked fine. A new mouth piece is $150! They have no right to block it with no notice. NOT a word about this in the literature. Ironically, the device seems to be a great idea, but you can’t build tongue muscles in a few months. And you can’t build a business on lies. I've been messaging them, they say the notice was in the prescription. The scrip includes replacement every 90 days, so do most hardware medical devices include a prescription for replacement parts. The Return Policy says warranty is only 90 days for mouthpiece but NO MENTION of cutting off. My glasses prescription doesn’t make me go blind every 90 days! So BE PREPARED TO PAY A LOT MORE.
Very disappointed with Signifier Medical Technologies!! I'm talking with my attorney about this today. --this behavior has class action lawsuit written all over it.
When you used this device, could you feel it making any certain parts of your tongue move? Could you observe any movements it caused your tongue to do? Please and thank you 🙏
@@xhavertov It's a TENS unit, it makes the muscle flinch - there are contacts above and below the tongue. You have a little leeway to move your tongue to focus the current, but I don't know whether that matters to the muscles. The app allows you to start gently, there are 15 levels, so you can adjust. The current pulses, at a regular pace but with slightly different levels of strength. I leaned back to keep from having to stop because of drooling.
@@ResedaMickey thank you for your reply. Regarding the flinching, was there a specific direction it makes the tongue flinch? Does it make the tongue stick out of the mouth, or drop down, or is it hard to tell? Please and thank you 🙏
They just DOUBLED the price for this - it was too expensive to begin with. I used this for I buy, well, I used to buy the mouth pieces from Direct Home Medical, but then, last night, the system told me that the working mouthpiece was blocked by the company because it was time to buy a new one. That upset me, but I went to buy another and found the expensive $75 price for a mouthpiece had doubled to $150! Excite is right. And the price of the unit has gone from $750 to $1,650! I'm not even sure it has helped me or not, so goodbye Excite. They can keep it at that price.
When you used this device, could you feel it making any certain parts of your tongue move? Could you observe any movements it caused your tongue to do? Please and thank you 🙏
@@LtJAS It's a shame, I'm sure the cost of R&D is very high for medical devices and the company said the FDA had made the 90 day rule. I think the rule may not apply in Canada or other countries where it's sold so that might be a problem with the literature. I hope the company is reading this and simply clarifies their product's sales literature. Getting lawyers involved is rarely a solution for snoring!!!
So...possible stupid question: can't I just work the genioglossus really hard for 20 minutes a day, for 6 weeks? That would have the same, if not greater affect than the low frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation provided by the device, depending on how hard I go at it, right?
@@SimiSilver it's interesting that you mentioned pranayama yoga, since I have recently added the Wim Hof method breathing and inspiratory muscle strength training to my list of daily sleep apnea exercises, finding much improvement.
@@xhavertov I am a dentist with a focus on airway :) It's my business to know these things to help others. I need to make a website or blog or something online to share info ;) Look up James Nestor, author of Breathe
@@SimiSilver do it. Make a blog. I plan to, also. This stuff is scary to a newbie like I was. I'm still testing theories about what works for my sleep apnea, but so far, my ODI, on average, is about ⅓ to ¼ what it used to be, back in July. I have done lots of searching for exercises, trying to find which muscles were most significant to my condition. The people who put their findings out so other people can learn... they're my heroes.
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I used this a few months and then they blocked my mouth piece saying it had expired when it worked fine. A new mouth piece is $150! They have no right to block it with no notice. NOT a word about this in the literature. Ironically, the device seems to be a great idea, but you can’t build tongue muscles in a few months. And you can’t build a business on lies.
I've been messaging them, they say the notice was in the prescription. The scrip includes replacement every 90 days, so do most hardware medical devices include a prescription for replacement parts. The Return Policy says warranty is only 90 days for mouthpiece but NO MENTION of cutting off. My glasses prescription doesn’t make me go blind every 90 days!
So BE PREPARED TO PAY A LOT MORE.
Very disappointed with Signifier Medical Technologies!! I'm talking with my attorney about this today. --this behavior has class action lawsuit written all over it.
When you used this device, could you feel it making any certain parts of your tongue move? Could you observe any movements it caused your tongue to do? Please and thank you 🙏
@@xhavertov It's a TENS unit, it makes the muscle flinch - there are contacts above and below the tongue. You have a little leeway to move your tongue to focus the current, but I don't know whether that matters to the muscles. The app allows you to start gently, there are 15 levels, so you can adjust. The current pulses, at a regular pace but with slightly different levels of strength. I leaned back to keep from having to stop because of drooling.
@@ResedaMickey thank you for your reply. Regarding the flinching, was there a specific direction it makes the tongue flinch? Does it make the tongue stick out of the mouth, or drop down, or is it hard to tell? Please and thank you 🙏
They just DOUBLED the price for this - it was too expensive to begin with. I used this for I buy, well, I used to buy the mouth pieces from Direct Home Medical, but then, last night, the system told me that the working mouthpiece was blocked by the company because it was time to buy a new one. That upset me, but I went to buy another and found the expensive $75 price for a mouthpiece had doubled to $150! Excite is right. And the price of the unit has gone from $750 to $1,650! I'm not even sure it has helped me or not, so goodbye Excite. They can keep it at that price.
Very disappointed with Signifier Medical Technologies!! I'm talking with my attorney about this today. --has class action lawsuit written all over it.
When you used this device, could you feel it making any certain parts of your tongue move? Could you observe any movements it caused your tongue to do? Please and thank you 🙏
@@LtJAS It's a shame, I'm sure the cost of R&D is very high for medical devices and the company said the FDA had made the 90 day rule. I think the rule may not apply in Canada or other countries where it's sold so that might be a problem with the literature. I hope the company is reading this and simply clarifies their product's sales literature. Getting lawyers involved is rarely a solution for snoring!!!
Have you tried myofunctional exercises
So...possible stupid question: can't I just work the genioglossus really hard for 20 minutes a day, for 6 weeks? That would have the same, if not greater affect than the low frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation provided by the device, depending on how hard I go at it, right?
Yes. There are lots of my functional exercises for snoring and mild sleep apnoea on RUclips
Pranayama Yoga Will also help. My favourite is Bharti yoga 🧘♀️
@@SimiSilver it's interesting that you mentioned pranayama yoga, since I have recently added the Wim Hof method breathing and inspiratory muscle strength training to my list of daily sleep apnea exercises, finding much improvement.
@@xhavertov I am a dentist with a focus on airway :)
It's my business to know these things to help others.
I need to make a website or blog or something online to share info ;)
Look up James Nestor, author of Breathe
@@SimiSilver do it. Make a blog. I plan to, also. This stuff is scary to a newbie like I was. I'm still testing theories about what works for my sleep apnea, but so far, my ODI, on average, is about ⅓ to ¼ what it used to be, back in July. I have done lots of searching for exercises, trying to find which muscles were most significant to my condition. The people who put their findings out so other people can learn... they're my heroes.
Where is it available?
Useless machine used it for 6 weeks with no results then they block usage ask yo buy a new mouthpiece. Wrote to them but no feedback 🤦♂️
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