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Don't Ignore a Snore... It could be your "wake-up call" to a more serious medical condition.

If you're not getting a good night's sleep, you are not alone. More than 100 million Americans regularly fail to get a good night's sleep, yet sleep is critical to maintaining good mental and physical health every day. Sleep disorders affect people of every age, including children.

Frequent sleep problems have been reported by nearly 7 out of 10 Americans in recent studies conducted by the National Sleep Foundation

According to the Institute of Medicine recent report - Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem - "it is estimated that 50 to 70 million Americans chronically suffer from a disorder of sleep and wakefulness, hindering daily functioning and adversely affecting their health and longevity. The cumulative effects of sleep loss and sleep disorders represent an under-recognized public health problem and have been associated with a wide range of health consequences including an increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attack, and stroke. Almost 20 percent of all serious car crash injuries in the general population are associated with driver sleepiness." (The full text of this report is available here)

There are more than 80 known sleep disorders. Each can lead to a loss of energy, lower productivity, mental problems and an increase in accidents while driving or on-the-job. Some sleep disorders can even indicate more serious cardiovascular or respiratory problems. The time to get help is now.

Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services is designed to help people who have trouble getting enough quality sleep or who have trouble staying awake during the day. Contemporary sleep tests and treatments are available so you can improve your quality of life today, and tonight - and help prevent more serious health conditions in the future.

Professional Medical Staff

Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services provides risk assessments and treatments for sleep disorders by physicians who are board-certified in sleep medicine and registered sleep technologists who are specially trained in sleep-related techniques. Our sleep technologists work closely with a variety of related departments and are cross-trained to handle patents with neurological, pulmonary or cardiac disorders.

Sleep certified physicians with additional certifications in pulmonary disease, neurology and weight management specialists are available to assist in your diagnosis and treatment. Beaumont's medical staff consists of Diplomats of the American Board of Pulmonary Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, as well as Pediatric Neurology, Adult Neurology and Epilepsy.

If you are diagnosed with a sleep disorder, you'll receive extensive education about your diagnosis, treatment and therapy regimen by Beaumont's highly skilled medical and technical staff

Patient's Guide to Sleep Evaluations

In the Patient's Guide to Sleep Evaluations offered by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (and available here) it is recommended that the patient should verify the following:

• Is my sleep physician certified?

• Is my sleep facility accredited?

• Is my sleep technologist registered?

According to the Patient's Guide to Sleep Evaluations: "Certification requires that a physician undergo formal training and pass an exam in sleep disorders to demonstrate a higher level of expertise."

All Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services sleep physicians are board certified in sleep medicine.

According to the Patient's Guide to Sleep Evaluations: "An RPSGT is a fully trained sleep technologist who has met the rigorous requirements to become credentialed by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists."

In Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services Centers all technologists are fully trained sleep technologists.

Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services is a teaching institution which owns and sponsors Beaumont School of Polysomnographic Technology accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Beaumont School of Polysomnographic/Sleep Technology is one of only 25 CAAHEP accredited Stand Alone programs in Polysomnographic Technology nationwide and it prepares fully trained sleep technologists immediately eligible to take the RPSGT exam upon graduation from this 12-month long program.

Most of Beaumont Sleep Evaluation Services technologists are not only RPSGTs but also clinical instructors and preceptors with significant teaching experience.