Sites of snoring
- Snoring is vibration of the respiratory structures and the resulting sound that results from obstructed air movement during sleeping
- The site of snoring varies from person to person
- The same person can have different sites of snoring at different times or may have multiple sites of snoring
- This makes surgical correction difficult
- The sites of snoring are:
- soft palate
- tonsillar pillars
- laryngopharynx