#Tongue Retaining

[poonamcmi]

Tongue Retaining Device Market is Estimated to Witness High Growth Owing to Increasing Prevalence of Sleep Apnea

The tongue retaining device market has been gaining high traction in the recent years. Tongue retaining devices are oral devices used to treat sleep apnea. These devices prevent collapse of upper airway during sleep by holding the tongue in a forward position to prevent obstruction of air flow. Oral appliances facilitate breathing by positioning the lower jaw slightly forward and opening the airway. Factors such as increasing prevalence of sleep apnea, growing awareness regarding sleep apnea management, and benefits of oral devices such as portability and comfort are fueling adoption of tongue retaining devices.

The Tongue Retaining Device Market is estimated to be valued at USD 578.8 Mn in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 1,184.7 Mn by 2031, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8% from 2024 to 2031.

Key Takeaways Key players operating in the tongue retaining device market are AveoTSD, ZYPPAH, Good Morning Snore Solution, VitalSleep, SnoreRx, SnoreMender, SleepPro, Airway Management, Apnea Sciences Corporation, SomnoMed, Respire Medical, TheraSnore, SleepTight Mouthpiece, Oventus Medical, AccuMED Technologies, ResMed, ZenSleep, BluePro.

The rising patient pool for sleep apnea presents significant growth opportunities for players in the Tongue Retaining Devices Market Demand  According to the Sleep Apnea Foundation, more than 18 million Americans have sleep apnea, but an estimated 80% of moderate to severe cases remain undiagnosed. Players are focused on expanding access through partnerships and awareness campaigns.

Growing acceptance of oral appliances for treatment of sleep apnea globally is also fueling market growth. While CPAP machines remain the standard of care, oral devices offer an effective non-invasive alternative especially for patients unwilling or unable to tolerate CPAP therapy. Manufacturers are developing advanced digital solutions and targeting emerging markets like Asia Pacific and Latin America for global expansion.

Market Drivers Increasing prevalence of sleep apnea owing to rising risk factors such as obesity is a major driver for Tongue Retaining Devices Market Size And Trends Sleep apnea if left untreated can increase risk of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. This has boosted adoption of oral therapy devices for effective sleep apnea management. Furthermore, growing awareness about risks of untreated sleep apnea and available treatment options also boost the tongue retaining device market.

PEST Analysis Political: Tongue retaining devices are classified as medical devices and are subject to healthcare regulations regarding safety and efficacy set by regulatory bodies like the FDA in the US. Compliance to such regulations is important for manufacturers and market growth.

Economic: Increased disposable income and rising healthcare spending have boosted demand for comfortable anti-snoring devices. Growing awareness about ill-effects of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea are major factors driving the tongue retaining devices market.

Social: With increasing stress levels and busy lifestyles, more people suffer from sleep disorders like snoring which disturbs sleeping partners. This has increased social acceptance for using tongue retaining devices to reduce or stop snoring.

Technological: Advances in materials like silicone and manufacturing processes have improved the comfort and effectiveness of tongue retaining devices. Some devices now use sensors and mobile applications for monitoring sleep patterns and customizing treatment. Integrating new technologies aids market expansion.

North America holds the largest share of the tongue retaining devices market, driven by extensive research in sleep disorders, availability of advanced products and rising awareness about associated health issues.

The Asia Pacific region is poised to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period due to rapidly developing healthcare infrastructure, growing medical tourism industry and large patient pool in highly populated countries like India and China. Large untapped market potential supports regional market expansion. Get More Insights On, Tongue Retaining Devices Market About Author: Ravina Pandya, Content Writer, has a strong foothold in the market research industry. She specializes in writing well-researched articles from different industries, including food and beverages, information and technology, healthcare, chemical and materials, etc. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravina-pandya-1a3984191)

[serpentface]

Do you conlang? I was wondering if you had naming languages (or possibly even more developed ones) for pulling the words you use. I tried to search your blog but didn't find anything, wouldn't be surprised if the feature is just busted tho. Your worldbuilding is wonderful and I particularly enjoy the anthropological and linguistic elements.

Ok the thing is I had kind of decided I was not going to do any conlanging because I don't feel like I'm equipped to do a good job of it, like was fully like "I'm just going to do JUST enough that it doesn't fail an immediate sniff test and is more thoughtful than just keysmashing and putting in vowels". And then have kinda been conlanging anyway (though not to a very deep and serious extent. I maybe have like....an above average comprehension of how language construction works via willingness to research, but that's not saying much, also I can never remember the meanings of most linguistic terms like 'frictives' or etc off the top of my head. I'm just kinda raw dogging it with a vague conceptualization of what these things mean)

I do at least have a naming language for Wardi (and more basic rules for other established languages) but the rudimentary forms of it were devised with methods much shakier and less linguistically viable than even the most basic naming language schemes, and I only went back over it LONG after I had already made a bunch of words so there's some inconsistencies with consonant presence and usage. (This can at least be justified because it IS a language that would have a lot of loanwords and would be heavily influenced by other language groups- Burri being by far the most significant, Highland-Finnic and Yuroma-Lowlands also being large contributors)

The 'method' I used was:

-Skip basic construction elements and fully move into devising necessary name words, with at least a Vibe of what consonants are going to be common and how pronunciation works -Identify some roots out of the established words and their meanings. Establish an ongoing glossary of known roots/words. -Construct new words based in root words, or as obvious extensions/variants of established words. -Get really involved in how the literal meanings of some words might not translate properly to english, mostly use this to produce a glossary of in-universe slang. -Realize that I probably should have at least some very basic internal consistency at this point. -Google search tutorials on writing a naming language. -Reverse engineer a naming language out of established words, and ascribe all remaining inconsistencies to being loanwords or just the mysteries of life or whatever.

I do at least have some strongly established pronunciation rules and a sense of broad regional dialect/accents.

-'ai' words are almost always pronounced with a long 'aye' sound.

-There is no 'Z' or 'X' sound, a Wardi speaker pronouncing 'zebra' would go for 'tsee-brah', and would attempt 'xylophone' as 'ssye-lohp-hon'

-'V' sounds are nearly absent and occur only in loanwords, and tend to be pronounced with a 'W' sound. 'Virsum' is a Highland word (pronounced 'veer-soom') denoting ancestry, a Wardi speaker would go 'weer-sum'.

-'Ch' spellings almost always imply a soft 'chuh' sound when appearing after an E, I, or O (pelatoche= pel-ah-toh-chey), but a hard 'kh' sound after an A or U (odomache= oh-doh-mah-khe). When at the start of a word, it's usually a soft 'ch' unless followed by an 'i' sound (chin (dog) is pronounced with a hard K 'khiin', cholem (salt) is pronounced with a soft Ch 'cho-lehm')

-Western Wardin has strong Burri cultural and linguistic influence, and a distinct accent- one of the most pronounced differences is use of the ñ sound in 'nn' words. The western city of Ephennos is pronounced 'ey-fey-nyos' by most residents, the southeastern city of Erubinnos is pronounced 'eh-roo-been-nos' by most residents. Palo's surname 'Apolynnon' is pronounced 'A-puh-lee-nyon' in the Burri and western Wardi dialects (which is the 'proper' pronunciation, given that it's a Kos name), but will generally be spoken as 'Ah-poh-leen-non' in the south and east.

-R's are rolled in Highland-Finnic words. Rolling R's is common in far northern rural Wardi dialects but no others. Most urban Wardi speakers consider rolling R's sort of a hick thing, and often think it sounds stupid or at least uneducated. (Brakul's name should be pronounced with a brief rolled 'r', short 'ah' and long 'uul', but is generally being pronounced by his south-southeastern compatriots with a long unrolled 'Brah' sound).

Anyway not really a sturdy construction that will hold up to the scrutiny of someone well equipped for linguistics but not pure bullshit either.

[that-one-raccoon]

just got my braces off lets goooooooo

[nutestleper]

It's so evil that I'm getting hella dress coded at the school I'm going to next semester 😭 I was so excited to do stupid shit to my hair this summer but I gotta keep it plain and might end up needing to cut it short and respectable anyways ughh

[sage-basil]

I actually have a massive backlog of loghora art but yall aren't ready for it

[orchideae]

.... As a former (one day there may be a return) writer of Guizhong, but also as a Liyue fanatic who is feral about the nation's heart, I can't believe Hutao Lover (a stupidly consistently accurate leaker) still insists Guizhong to be playable in the future. Stop it, stop this.

[formerfbiagentbatman]

Mental stress and physical pain is a bad combo

[ki3r1]

I'm gonna be honest what threw me off the most about gwitch was all the business jargon. I was thoroughly and utterly lost

[hgirasol-blog]

[larnax]

like ok lemme give you a fucking recap of my Dentistry Experience

>be me 9ish. go to dentist for first time since i was 3 bc my mom spent all our child support money on plane tickets. dentist says you have three cavities so big we need to pull your teeth

>they put me on anesthesia that i say doesnt work. it doesnt work so im in excruciating pain while they yank out the three teeth

>i get switched to second dentist and a few years later after x-ray am told my canines are growing into the roof of my mouth and i need surgery and braces to have them fixed. dentist then says i can keep on the braces after i get my canines fixed so my teeth will be straight. i tell him i don't care if my teeth are straight and i want them off as soon as my canines are in the right place

>get the surgery and start going to second dentist. he sometimes cuts pieces of my tongue off and after his visits im in so much pain i cant speak. when i ask when i'm getting my braces off he tells me to stop being impatient and refuses to give me an answer

>eventually he says that my canines should be fine and i say ok please take the braces off. he says no because my teeth aren't straight. my mom says no because my teeth aren't straight.

>dentist welds a metal bar to the top of my mouth. it's positioned so that it cuts into my tongue leaving me with a permanent bloody painful wound in my mouth for the several years it's in despite repeatedly telling him and mom what's happening and begging for them to take it out. they say no because my teeth aren't straight

>dentist welds a metal bar behind my bottom teeth with so much glue that after i finally got another dentist to remove it years later they weren't able to get all the glue off and it took several more appointments. also just to straighten my teeth

>YEARS LATER i get the dentist to remove the metal bar. it leaves a scar on my tongue that hasn't healed almost a decade later.

>YEARS LATER i get the dentist to remove the braces.

>after that they immediately give me a retainer they say i need to wear all day. i say for how long they say for the rest of my life. i say Why. they say because otherwise your teeth won't stay straight

>i do not wear the retainer because i already didn't care about my teeth being straight before all this happened and sure fucking didn't now. so my canines are still crooked so yeah all of that was for nothing

[gender-snatched]

living is like. you like this thing? its bad for you xoxo

[madeimpact]

❝ The only thing I remember from high school French is the time I messed up during a test and told the teacher that my favorite store was winter. My favorite store. Was winter. Do you see the issue? ❞

[bonyfish]

my trick for making myself floss is to think about how the only dentist in town that demonstrably accepts my insurance acted like i was crazy when i asked him to put a mask on and then interrogated me about why i think my asthma makes me high risk

[catinasink]

my tongue was bleeding earlier

[hxzelwallflower]

Grey skies bring sprinkles of rain , boots set aside as she relishes in the feel of wet grass between her toes . Thunder rumbles in the distance as ivory wings slowly unfurl , her body swaying as little by little she trails into a ceremonious dance . Soft lyrics spilling from her lips as she twirls .

[girlwithrituals]

GLOW UP GUIDE FOR 2025⠀

READ: On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And considering that 2025 is precisely these many days away, why not start with our glow up plan already?

Physical Glow Up-

BODY

— 5-10K steps a day.

— 7-8 hours of sleep.

— workout everyday for 1 hr atleast- yoga/stretching/pilates/cardio/lifting weights. a workout may take one hour, but your mood will be boosted for the next 12 hours.

— posture training.

— sunlight exposure after waking up for at least 10 minutes.

NUTRITION

— 2-3 liters of water every day.

— limit your caffeine intake.

— avoid sugars as much as you can.

— high protein diet, pre and probiotics.

— more fruits and veggies (+ green smoothies if you like).

— no junk/processed food/trans fat.

— no eating after 8 pm.

SKINCARE

— be clear on your skin type (oily, dry, combination, sensitive).

— once you're clear, use these accordingly- cleanser, toner, targeted serum, eye cream, moisturizer, sunscreen (≥50 spf).

— keep your bedding clean as well.

— no picking of skin on your lips, cuticle etc.

— gua sha to help improve blood circulation and lessen toxins.

— cold therapy may take three to five minutes of being uncomfortable, but your energy levels will be boosted for the rest of the day.

— remove makeup before you go to bed.

BODY CARE

— shower every day.

— exfoliate 2x a week.

— use body lotion (shea butter/aloe vera gel/coconut oil).

HAIR CARE

— wash hair 2-3x a week

— oil your scalp 2x a week, at least 3 hours before shampoo.

— hair mask 1x per week.

— never brush wet hair.

— use silk pillow case.

HYGIENE

— brush your teeth 2x a day, clean tongue and the roof of the mouth daily.

— floss daily.

— cut your nails 1x a week, never remove the cuticles.

— glycolic acid under arm for odor and discoloration.

— never use soap on your coochie.

Mental Glow Up-

MINDSET

— set clear goals- define and breakdown your aspirations.

— start your mornings with positive affirmations.

— surround yourself with uplifting content and people.

— be shamelessly selfish to your career and mental health, remove anyone or anything that doesn't align with your priorities and wellbeing.

— boost your brain health by these 4 neuroscience tools:

difficult first: start your day with the most difficult task (cortisol and dopamine are high in the body meaning that your body/mind is primed to work).

rest your eyes: introduce a micro-pause after learning by resting/closing your eyes - will help retain information better.

tomorrow's worries: write tomorrow's to-do list before bed as it is proven to be effective in helping you fall asleep.

find time to play: engage in low-stake play. can be anything you find fun but where the outcome doesn't matter (induces neuroplasticity + reduces stress).

MIND

— meditation might take as low as ten minutes, but your focus will be improved for the rest of the day.

— no social media after waking up and at least an hour before bed.

— keep aside 1 hr of time to read daily! reading a new book may take five hours, but you will keep the knowledge forever.

— journaling, gratitude.

— digital detox once a week or for 12 hours.

— limit unnecessary screentime, unfollow or cut off people you don't want to see.

JOURNALING

— choose a regular time each day to journal, making it a part of your routine.

— find a quiet, comfortable place free from distractions. light a candle if you want.

— allow your thoughts to flow without censoring or editing.

— write about your feelings and emotions to understand them better. write about things you are thankful for to boost your mood. write about your short-term and long-term goals. identify what triggers certain emotions or reactions

— set a timer for 5-10 minutes and write continuously during that time.

— reflect on both positive experiences and challenges.

— make lists, journal your thoughts on these questions.

— journal at night to clear your mind before bedtime, because emotions and thoughts lose their power once we acknowledge them.

— a gratitude practice may take five minutes, but your mindset will be shifted for the rest of the day.

AFFIRMATIONS

— customise affirmations to your needs.

Personal Life-

WEEKLY TASKS

— initiate small changes: begin with small, manageable tasks such as making your bed or cleaning your room every sunday.

— celebrate your success: reward yourself when you achieve your goals or have a consistently productive week. consider treats like buying flowers for yourself or watching your favorite show.

DAILY WORK

— set achievable goals: establish realistic goals for the day, week, or month ahead.

— track your progress.

— organise your work space, declutter your shelves etc.

— embrace the power of lists: keep a list of tasks to be done and their deadlines. this way, you start each day with a clear plan. to make it visually appealing and motivating, consider using productivity apps like evernote, habit tracker, or notion.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

— wake up early.

— plan ahead everything, do scheduling. you can use:

google calendar / notion / tasks .

— if the task takes less than 2 minutes to finish, do it immediately.

— countdown rule, if you are procrastinating, count 1-2-3-4-5 and jump.

— start slow, don't rush and try to do everything at one time.

— follow a proper routine, use app locks based on screentime.

— pomodoro technique, 25 min work, and 5 min break.

— schedule longer break times as well e.g 30 min nap.