At-home polysomnography

Polysomnography is the preferred test for sleep disorders. Biron offers you the possibility of conducting it in the comfort of your own home. During an appointment at one of our service centres, we will provide you with the necessary equipment to perform the test at home. A member of our team will give you all the information to ensure its success.

What does equipment installation involve? Sensors, applied to various parts of your body, will study the physical manifestations of sleep. They will record the numerous electrical activity signals in your brain, heart, movements and respiratory efforts, as well as oxygen saturation in your blood. We can also identify the different stages of your sleep. An audio recording will help us assess any snoring and other ambient noises that may disturb your sleep. Finally, this test allows us to detect, quantify and qualify the presence of abnormalities such as:

• Sleep apnea (breathing problems)
• Periodic leg movements
• Bruxism (grinding and clenching of the teeth)
• Narcolepsy (sleepiness and sleep attacks during the day)

The data recorded during your polysomnography will be interpreted by a healthcare professional trained in sleep care and shared with your attending physician.

Polysomnography is risk-free and painless. The only side effect is a rare temporary skin irritation where the sensors are placed.

Results from the sleep test will be interpreted by one of our trained sleep specialists and made available on MyBiron.