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Medical Sleep Diagnostics with SOMNOscreen

Therapy Supported Measurement with High Quality Equipment

Medical Sleep Diagnostics with the Miniature SOMNOscreen

Modern Technique – Mobile Measurement

Sleep is measured in-home in the usual setting. Your remain freely mobile and can move without hinderance with the device in the home.

What is Measured?

Snoring
Apnea and Hypopnea
Breathing flow
Thoracic and abdominal breathing
Periodic limb movement (PLM)
Microarousal
ECG (EKG), EEG, EOG
Blood oxygen saturation

Changes in body position
Sleep fragmentation, microarousal (small waking reactions)
Sleeping states
REM recognition and density analysis
Blood pressure
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (analog)
Comparison of sleep profiles

Back Summary

Face Former therapy is a cause-oriented and holistic therapy method that has been developped at ISST. It is successfully applied worldwide. FaceFormer training has an effective impact on interactivity and tension of mouth, face, head, neck and back region. It strengthens and harmonises important muscle functions and optimizes the nasal breathing. Face Former therapy is applied in numerous disorders with success.

FaceFormer Therapy for all Ages

Face Former therapy developed by Dr. Klaus and Sabine Berndsen at ISST is known since 2000 and is used internationally. The Face Former therapy is a causally focused and holistic therapy. Routine Face Former training effectively influences the interactive functions and the tensions of tissues, muscles and skin in the mouth, face, head, neck and back regions. It strengthens and coordinates muscle functions such as chewing, swallowing, speaking, breathing, tooth placement as well as facial expressions and skin tension, which are of special meaning. Nose breathing is improved and made habitual.

Indications and application areas

Successful applications in the areas of prevention, therapy and therapeutic assistance can be verified in the following disorders:

Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
Incorrect tongue function
funcional impaired chewing
Functionally limited speech disorders
Treating habits such as thumb sucking and lip biting
Paralysis of the mouth and facial regions
Headaches, facial and neck pains, migraines

Post operative therapy (face, jaw and tongue)
Tooth positioning and jaw abnormalities
Tooth grinding, mandibular joint and bite problems
Tooth prosthetics, tooth implantations (preparation and adaptation)
Snoring and sleep apnea
Hearing loss, Tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo
Problems with middle ear pressure
Activating nose breathing and ridding mouth breathing habits
Wrinkle formation of the face and neck (functional cosmetics)

Further information

For comprehensive additional information on the Dr. Berndsen FaceFormer, and on indications, application and success of the neurophysiological FaceFormer therapy, please visit the FaceFormer website.

www.faceformer.de

Back Summary

We offer qualified and personalized treatments for different diseases, disabilities and syndromes to our national and international patients. The wide range of methods in diagnosis and treatment relies on our scientific developments, own patents as well as on extensive practical experience.

Therapy Programm

Speech and Language

Phonation disorder (dyslalia)
Grammar disorder (dysgrammatism)
Autismus
Mutismus
Communication disorders
Problems finding words (lexical disorders)
Loss of speech after a stroke or brain injury – aphasia
Neurological disorders (dysarthria, among others)
Stuttering, cluttering
Cleft lip, cleft palate and other malformations
Mouth, tongue, nose injuries (eg after surgery)
Bilingual language training (bilingualism)

Voice

Impaired voice use, loss of voice
Hoarseness, forced cough
Paralysis of vocal cord
Partial or total removal of the larynx (laryngectomy)
Nasal speech (rhinolalia)

Breathing

Switching from mouth to nasal breathing
Respiratory disorders
Respiratory disabilities by narrowed airways
Asthma
Allergies

Hearing and Balance

Hearing loss, deafness
Listening and speaking with cochlear implants
Sudden hearing loss
Tinnitus
Dizziness

Neurological Disorder

Alzheimer, dementia
Stroke (apoplexy)
brain disorders

Disorders in Eating, Drinking or Swallowing

Troubled swallowing (dysphagia)
Paralysis in orofacial region
Switch from tube feeding to physiological nutrition
Salivation (drooling)
Sensory disturbances
Diseases caused by metabolic disorders

Pains

Head, face, jaw joints
Migraine
Shoulder, neck, arm region, back

Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Snoring
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Sleep disorders

Teeth, Jaw and Jaw Joints

Misaligned teeth, malocclusion (prevention and assistance in orthodontics)
Teeth grinding (bruxism)
Temporomandibular pain
Correction of muscle functions with inclusion of dental prosthetics and dental implants

Movement and Neurological Damage

Cerebral movement disorders (i.a. CP)
Head injuries, such as traumatic brain injury
Paraplegia
Muscular dystrophies
Stroke (apoplexy)
Brain tumors and spinal cord tumors
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Parkinson’s disease

Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Preschool training
Enrollment and school diagnostics
Expert reports

Perzeption

ADD and ADHD – Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder
Perceptual impairments

Special therapies

NCS Therapy – Neuro-cell stimulation therapy (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
Orofacial regulation therapy (acc.Castillo Morales)
Myofunctional Therapy
CCF therapy – cranio-cervical-function therapy (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
FFT – FaceFormer therapy (acc.Berndsen/Berndsen)
OSP therapy – oral stimulation plates therapy (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
TAS – training therapy for apnea and snoring (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
KVT therapy (sound-ventilation-tone therapy) (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
Therapy for tinnitus, hearing loss, dizziness (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
AMK – Akupedics with sounds for the treatment of deafness, disorders of perception and concentration (acc. Berndsen/Berndsen)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Articulation, rhetoric training and vocal hygiene (e.g. for professional speakers)