Suggestions as to how best to record sounds all night?

tooldle

Perfectly possible to be snoring loudly and almost wide awake. My OH does this. If he drops off on the sofa, snoring loudly, I can speak to him and he will reply and then continue the conversation. He always says that he wasn't asleep. I guess he must be just on the edge of light sleep.
You could well be waking him. I was recently tested to sleep apnoea, on the basis of extreme tiredness, falling asleep in the cinema, on the bus etc. It turns out that I am snoring due to a post nasal drip. I was waking myself up 7 or 8 times eachnight, and in turn waking up OH purely by moving around a lot as I woke myself up. Since I have started treatment we both sleep so much better. OH still snores, but his snoring does not wake me.
Go and see your GP.

WestonDave

If you've got a laptop, chances are its got a microphone socket, so if turn the screen off (most have a button which allows you to select laptop screen or external screen for projectors etc) and disable any form of power saving switch off, you should be able to record the sound for as long as you want.

Errata

It does sound like sleep apnoea and it's not unusual in people who are overweight. Why not sleep in the spare room yourself when he has work next day?

onlyroz

Perhaps a silly question, but have you tried earplugs? Also I'd recommend visiting the GP because there might be things that can help, e.g. some sort of mouth guard, or possibly even surgery.

lovesabargain123

I agree with the poster above.

Dh is a SNORER (I've put in capitals cos he isn't just a SNORER he's a weakening of the dead type SNORER lol) I of coarse being a lady don't!!! Lol (I'm sure hubby would disagree)

Anyway as the poster said, we have the radio on lightly in the background all night and it helps me think of something else but wanting to suffocate home when I wake up haha

Eldest son now has the radio on too as the dog snores so loud lol

JimmyTheWig

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

We now play ambient noise

Good suggestion...

for us, it's a distant storm

... but that would have me up all night needing a wee!


In terms of answers to your actual question, WestonDave's laptop suggestion is a good one.
Alternatively can you get a tape recorded (freegle, maybe?)? I know that would only record 45 minutes, but it might be enough to catch one or both of you "at it". If you've got one of those electrical socket time-switches you could use that to start the recording later on in the night (assuming it is a manual button to start the recording that you can press with no power on).

aliasojo

WestonDave wrote: »

If you've got a laptop, chances are its got a microphone socket, so if turn the screen off (most have a button which allows you to select laptop screen or external screen for projectors etc) and disable any form of power saving switch off, you should be able to record the sound for as long as you want.

Brilliant!

Exactly what I was hoping for, thank you.

Daughter has a microphone on her karaoke machine thing, I will check if this works shortly.

Errata wrote: »

It does sound like sleep apnoea and it's not unusual in people who are overweight. Why not sleep in the spare room yourself when he has work next day?

If I'm honest, I feel really 'uncomfortable' in there. No reason for it, I just feel as if it's not a 'nice' place to be. I did try to sleep there a few times but ended up with the lamp on all night and never slept until he got up for work and I got into our own room again.

Yes I know, I have issues. :rotfl:

onlyroz wrote: »

Perhaps a silly question, but have you tried earplugs? Also I'd recommend visiting the GP because there might be things that can help, e.g. some sort of mouth guard, or possibly even surgery.

Yes, all manner/types of earplugs have been tried. They are ok for short periods but cause irritation after a while.

Marisco

aliasojo wrote: »

If I'm honest, I feel really 'uncomfortable' in there. No reason for it, I just feel as if it's not a 'nice' place to be. I did try to sleep there a few times but ended up with the lamp on all night and never slept until he got up for work and I got into our own room again.

Then why not get your oh to sleep in there? There is nothing worse than not being able to get a good nights' sleep, especially if you have to work in the morning.

aliasojo

Marisco wrote: »

Then why not get your oh to sleep in there? There is nothing worse than not being able to get a good nights' sleep, especially if you have to work in the morning.

He has the option to sleep wherever he likes.

It's his decision to come to bed then head for the spare room during the night. He's perfectly able to decide to go there initially.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

If you go to the GP and get a referral to a Sleep clinic, you can do a sleep study, either at home, or, the better version, in the hospital overnight.

That will record any periods of apnoea. And, tbh, what he describes you as doing sounds a lot like it. Your airway is closing off, then you wake due to the lowering of oxygen - many times a night. In fact, it wouldn't be surprising if the spare room worries are partly due to your airway collapsing - if you aren't worrying about waking him, if the pillow isn't quite as supportive, if you're on your back rather than on your side because you have the whole bed to yourself, all of those could make the number of apnoeic episodes worse.


I use a CPAP machine as a result and it's a vast improvement.



Of course, he could also be exhibiting symptoms, so he needs to be checked out as well - but don't wait for him, just get off to the GP asap.