A home sleep study, in your own bed.

Is it bulk billed for you?

For adults, the home sleep study is bulk billed when all of these are true, so there's nothing to pay for the study. The medical history form checks them for you.

• You're 18 or over.
• You have a green Medicare card or a blue interim card. Reciprocal health care cards aren't eligible.
• You haven't had a Medicare-funded home sleep study in the last 12 months.
• Your Epworth Sleepiness Scale score is 8 or more, plus a STOP-BANG score of 3 or more, an OSA50 score of 5 or more, or a high risk result on the Berlin questionnaire.
• You have a GP referral: upload your own, or opt in to our in-house GP referral service ($20).

More on Medicare and who qualifies. Not eligible? You can still have a private study; call us for the fee.

The kit: a Somte PSG

A Type 2 study records the same kinds of signals as an overnight study in a sleep clinic: brain activity, so we can see your stages of sleep, along with your breathing, oxygen levels, heart rate and movement. The difference is where you sleep.

The kit is a Somte PSG, a small recorder with sensors you put on yourself at bedtime using the instructions in the box. It records the whole night on the device, so you don't need a computer or an internet connection at home.

• Easy to set up and wear. The recorder is compact, so it's comfortable to sleep in.
• Your usual night. Your own bed, your own pillow and your normal routine, which gives the best example of your sleep.
• Nothing to travel to. No night away from home, and the kit goes back in the post the next day.

What your report covers

Sleep scientists score your night and our sleep physician writes your diagnosis and options. Alongside the usual measures, the report looks at:

• How collapsible your airway is. This helps show which kind of therapy is likely to work for you, including whether an oral appliance is worth considering rather than going straight to CPAP.
• Your arousal score: how easily you wake during the night.
• Clenching and grinding (bruxism), in an optional extra report for $169.

Where you need it, the sleep physician refers you on, for example to an ENT or a myofunctional therapist. If an oral appliance suits you, an Aer Centre dentist near you can make and fit one.

Questions about the night

How do I book?

Fill in the details form and your medical history online, then pick the night you want to do the study. Australia Post brings the kit for that night. Start the form.

What happens on the night?

Do the study on the night the kit arrives. Set it up at bedtime as the instructions show, then go to sleep as you normally would. Medicare asks for at least 8 hours of recording, including the time it takes to set up.

How do I send it back?

The next day, drop it at your local post office with the prepaid express post label in the box. In the morning, fill in the short morning questionnaire and send us the setup photos.

What if I can't do the study on the night?

Email info@aerhealthcare.com.au that same day and we'll work out another night with you.

When do I get my results?

About two weeks after we receive the data from the kit. Sleep scientists score the night, then our sleep physician reviews it and writes the diagnosis. We send the report to you and to the dentist or other professional who sent you to us.

Is a home study right for everyone?

No. Some people are better tested overnight in a sleep lab, for example with severe lung or heart disease, a neuromuscular condition or another sleep condition. The medical history form picks this up and we'll tell you. Who should be tested in a lab.

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