IDS - Home Sleep Apnea Testing

The subject of this page is to raise awareness of sleep health issues, specifically Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and IDS SLEEP, our Home Sleep Testing program which helps diagnose Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) from the comfort of your home as an alternative to lab studies requiring an overnight stay in a hospital or elsewhere. Sleep apnea is when you stop breathing or struggle to breath many times per hour while you sleep. These stoppages in your breathing can last 10 seconds to a minute or longer and you are likely unaware that it even happens. This causes your sleep quality to be poor and has been linked to many health issues. Symptoms are typically daytime sleepiness, tiredness even after a full nights sleep,headaches, drowsy driving, and usually snoring. It is linked strongly with high blood pressure as well as depression, diabetes, obesity, stroke, and possibly heart disease. An in-lab test can take weeks or months to schedule and can be very expensive. With an affordable IDS Home Sleep Test, a test kit can be at your home within 2 days of your physician ordering the test, with results interpreted by a board certified sleep specialist available and sent to your physician in 2-3 days after returning the device. In the rare case you need help, IDS support is available by phone 24/7!