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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)
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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.
#I actually did just make a post about this on my sideblog LOL I think in spite of my deciding not to conlang this is going to go full#full conlanging at some point#The main issue is that the narrative/dialogue is being written as an english 'translation' (IE the characters are speaking in their actual#tongues and it's being translated to english with accurate meaning but non-literal treatment)#Which you might say like 'Uh Yeah No Shit' but I think approaching it with that mindset at the forefront does have a different effect than#just fully writing in english. Like there's some mindfulness to what they actually might be saying and what literal meanings should be#retained to form a better understanding of the culture and what should be 'translated' non-literally but with accurate meaning#(And what should be not translated at all)#But yeah there's very little motivation for conlanging besides Pure Fun because VERY few Wardi words beyond animal/people/place names#will make it into the actual text. Like the only things I leave 'untranslated' are very key or untranslatable concepts that will be#better understood through implication than attempts to convey the meaning in english#Like the epithet 'ganmachen' is used to compliment positive traits associated with the ox zodiac sign or affectionately tease#negative ones. This idea can be established pretty naturally without exposition dumps because the zodiac signs are of cultural#importance and will come up frequently. The meaning can get across to the reader pretty well if properly set up.#So like leaving it as 'ganmachen' you can get 'oh this is an affectionate reference to an auspicious zodiac sign' but translating#it as the actual meaning of 'ox-faced' is inevitably going to come across as 'you look like a cow' regardless of any zodiac angle#^(pretty much retyped tags from other post)#Another aspect is there's a few characters that have Wardi as a second language and some of whom don't have a solid grasp on it#And I want to convey this in dialogue (which is being written in english) but I don't want it to just be like. Random '''broken''' english#like I want there to be an internal consistency to what parts of the language they have difficulties with (which then has implications for#how each language's grammar/conjugation/etc works). Like Brakul is fairly fluent in Wardi at the time of the story but still struggles#with some of the conjugation (which is inflectional in Wardi) especially future/preterite tense. So he'll sometimes just use the#verb unconjugated or inappropriately in present tense. Though this doesn't come across as starkly in text because it's#written in english. Like his future tense Wardi is depicted as like 'I am to talk with him later' instead of 'I'll talk with him later'#Which sounds unnatural but not like fully incorrect#But it would sound much more Off in Wardi. Spanish might be a better example like it would be like him approaching it with#'Voy a hablar con él más tarde' or maybe 'Hablo con él más tarde' instead of 'Hablaré con él más tarde'#(I THINK. I'm not a fluent spanish speaker sorry if the latter has anything wrong with it too)
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hello. i am having severe feverish g/ojo thoughts.
"You mean him severely fevered, or that the thoughts are se-"
Yes.
#thats it thats the post thats all ive got#there is an image of his normally pale face flushed#all the angles standing out with each brilliant curve illuminated from the warm glow#sweat soaked hair clinging to his forehead as his normally playful mask is slipping#tongue peeking out through his teeth as he sucks in sharp breaths trying to retain what little control he has left#the world around him starting to feel a bit further away#he can't seem to quite focus enough to pick individual shapes out from the masses#im so out of my mind right now but i just cant stop thinking about this#if i could draw better... you better believe i would be drawing this...#i might do it anyways but unlikely because the image is so pure in my head and i dont want to dirty it#ANYWAYS im posting this here because uhhhhh well honestly because i just need to say it somewhere its rotting my soul
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.... 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.
#[ ooc. ] don't try to make it logical or edit your soul according to the fashion. rather; follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.#[ honestly. they've been on point so far. now i'm not one to full on believe in leaks unconditionally but-- ]#[ the cloud retainer leak came out /forever/ ago by i believe in part by this same person. ]#[ also yes; i see dottore in there too. along with skirk. ]#[ /rattles bars of cage. ]#[ i came across this ON ACCIDENT; ugh. ]#[ BUT THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO PLAY DEAD CHARACTERS. so is the slope theory then correct?!? is she preserved? ]#[ /if/ the leaks one day turn out to be true. my brain will go absolutely looney in theorycrafting. ]#[ because that means there's thoughts even past the petrification by morax. ]#[ /sticks out tongue at genshin. ]
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Mental stress and physical pain is a bad combo
#permanent retainer broke#formed a hook that jabs and pokes my tongue constantly#and a tornado hit close to me so i went without power for two days#meaning i couldnt work on an essay#and my professor wont give me an extension#i. want. to. go. home.#vacation is canceled let me go back
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also i went to the dentist today and they were nice especially the lady that did the cleaning!!! she was so sweet!! and she also said that my teeth are fine and nice so now i can tell myself to calm tf down and not be traumatized and dont imagine that i have the worst teeth in the world like i always do
#you know those stress dreams that go all out and its like your teeth breaking or falling out#everytime i have one i wake up and think its gonna be real#or whenever i have something super sour or a combo of like lemon + cola and it makes my teeth hurt i always think the world is ending#but it goes away in a day#they fixed my problem tooth so#now i cant sing 100 gecs tooth removed song to myself anymore...😔 /j#also i had a bad spot on one tooth but i got it cleaned and its gone??? i 100% believed that shit would have to be drilled#like it was just surface buildup or something and now its just Gone. also got some leftover glue from my retainer apparently#and i had it cleaned off too and its so weird cause i used to feel it with my tongue for the past.8 years? maybe more idk when it broke off#they didnt get it off last time but i didnt really mind it but now its nice
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I'm gonna be honest what threw me off the most about gwitch was all the business jargon. I was thoroughly and utterly lost
#gwitch#ki3r-1#miorine speaking in tongues#you know when ur reading or watching smth and desperately trynna retain anything but ur brain simply refuses to
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I'M FREE BITCHES
PERMANENT RETAINERS BEGONE
#byrd chirps#Byrd's business#the staff were totally Perplexed that I wasn't willing to pay out the ass for tooth straightening maintenance#which mind you is 99% cosmetic#CROOKED TEETH MY BELOVEDS#my teeth were never that crooked to begin with#anyways the main reason I'm doing this is because the fuckers kept breaking on me#and every time they did I'd end up with a sharp-ass wire cutting my fucking tongue and lips#so i decided i was done with it and got them removed!#straight teeth are fucking overrated anyways#my wife has crooked teeth and i love them on her#anyways for $500 can anybody tell me why i might be salty about being forced to get permanent retainers?#here's a hint! I'm a filthy transgender who believes in radical bodily autonomy!#terfs are gonna try so hard to clown on me for this if they manage to wrap their brains around the point I'm trying to make#but the point stands regardless of what they think#I'm sure one of y'all can articulate it better than i can#anyways that's enough of my ramblings#the point is NO MORE STUPID MOUTH WIRES TO FUCK ME UP WHILE I'M LITERALLY JUST EXISTING
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#girls with braces#tongue piercing#orthodontic retainer#removable appliances#orthodontics#braces#orthodoncia#pretty mouth
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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
#c.paradisi#uh ask to tag#recently i found this article#about another dentist who gave his clients a bunch of unnecessary shit so he could upcharge them#and the article was like yeah the usa has. idr exactly but theyre not considered medical professionals#so they dont require the same training or oversight doctors do#so theres just a ton of malpractice and most of its never caught or punished#and i was like ohhhh. yeah i guess that happened to me huh#what makes me insane is how clear i was from the beginning that i wanted them off as soon as the medical issue was resolved#and NOBODY EVER LISTENED TO ME.#i got tortured for YEARS and permanently scarred my tongue bc my mom wanted me to have straight teeth and a dentist wanted money#awesome! very cool!#ANYWAY.#im going to a normal dentist now and yeah all that shit was Not normal.#also its nice to be an adult bc while i was in for a cleaning the assistant was like you should get a retainer to straighten your teeth#and i said No 👍 and that was the end of it
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living is like. you like this thing? its bad for you xoxo
#this is such a stupid post to make about the thing its about#which is that i tend to relax my jaw when im relaxed and my tongue pushes at my top teeth#which would be fine IF they werent still retainer level teeth that are easily malleable#and i have not checked with my orthodontist but im a little worrried im pushing my top teeth where they arent supposed to go#(would not be happening with top retainer which is broken)#or just in general i feel like my tooth gap that i spent so much money to fix (parents money) is coming back which is annoying like what
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❝ 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? ❞
#honestly prom taking french classes in high school and retaining Nothing is canon now. not just in pokemon LMAO#i can see it being offered as a foreign language and being useful / a popular choice bc tenebrae#the languages in eos would be like....fuckin. uh.#french/italian/english/smth else for niflheim???#and then japanese as a secondary tongue specifically in insomnia#ANYWAY before this turns into a meta post in the tags: this is a true story that happened to me in spanish in hs unfortunately#i thought abt it for two seconds and was like “yeah prom would do that.”#❛ ic: prompto.#❛ general: dash commentary.
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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
#my permanent retainer came loose and i couldn't talk without it stabbing my tongue#apparently that is what it takes to get me to take my mask off in an enclosed space with a stranger
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Actually speaking of which, i need help finding an Asian horror movie.
I'll give off the mayor plot points/things that stuck with me the most:
It was about a family of 3 (mom, daughter and step dad) moving to a new house
The daughter was a twin
The other twin got aborted and was now possessing the girl occasionally bc she was really pissed off
The kid was said to be a girl but the actor clearly had a cock which i still am confused about (trans ghost kid rights ig)
The movie is not dark and grimey it is actually very... Regular colored, for what i remember.
(rape m) The reason the protagonist was pregnant to begin with was because she used to work at a karaoke and some bad guys raped her. This is why she tried to abort the fetus.
Super minor but I think she aborted using a weird... Mix of spicy things. It's a pretty graphic scene iirc.
There's a mirror scene where the girl is trying to do her makeup and the twin is inside the mirror. This traumatized me a little 💀
The step dad is showering in one scene and the girl while possessed traps him inside as the water gets hotter and hotter.
He lives but ends up hospitalized in a bed covered in bandages where iirc the girl tries to kill him again.
The movie ends w the dead twin confronting her mother and then her trying to go back to the house only to find out it's not hers and her family is gone (very cryptic)
I tried asking TOMT but no one could quite figure out what i was talking about so I'm giving it a try here.
I could possibly find the og post to tell y'all which movies i know it isn't if anyone cares about that!
#luly talks#i used to know what country the movie was for but its been like a year or so#y'all know i cannot retain information for so long#movie was kinda good btw!! maybe a bit slow but i remember having a fun time#horror movies#asian horror#asian horror movies#tip of my tongue
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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 .
#- ; After molting season her circle celebrates the rebirth of new feathers#- ; The song isn't part of it but just a way to retain her native tongue#- ; IC#- ; { MUSE STATUS }#- ; { OPEN }
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my teef hurt...
#so tired of my retainer being so shit#I've had the same one since I was 12 and I have admittedly not been diligent about wearing it like I'm supposed to#but the bottom piece is legitimately unbearable#the back sides of it (it being a plastic mold) are so sharp and jagged now that ny morning my tongue is all cut up#it HURTS!#for some reason (maybe the timing? idk) I had all this built in hinge and jaw gear with my braces for the overbite I used to have#but I was never fitted for or given any kind of permanent retainer like both of my sisters have#so without the horrid sharp jagged pieces of plastic I've had since I was 12 my teeth go ass up#and of course I've been bad about wearing my retainers at night bc it's literally impossible to sleep while my tongue is getting cut up#big ugh#I'll never understand how I had all that hardcore hardware and shit in my mouth but was never given a permanent retainer#not even for at least my bottom teeth which are the wilier ones#whatever I guess I'll die#shruggie.jpeg#anyone else have any similar experiences??#grant grumbles
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