The Snore Shop

The Snore Shop, Inc. is an Atlantic health need provider for patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It was begun with a mandate to increase public awareness of obstructive sleep apnea and to provide an avenue for regular patient follow up.  It was founded in 2005 in Dartmouth in a tiny office in Woodlawn, caring for a few patients a week.  It has grown into a much larger group of Shops, currently following approximately 6000 patients across the Maritimes.

With offices in Halifax, Dartmouth and Lower Sackville, the team works together with patients and their doctors to help you determine the seriousness of your snoring and sleeping problems.  We help your doctor provide you with a diagnosis and prescribe a treatment plan that could help put you on the road to recovery.

The Snore Shop uses the ARES from Watermark Medical, a simple device that fits like a baseball cap, for our at-home sleep studies. You take the machine home with you, return it to us the next day, and we determine the results from the data stored in its computer. There is no overnight stay or invasive tests. Not only is this device accurate but it tends to be more comfortable than other sleep study devices, allowing you to get a better night’s sleep. We are also certified to work with CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy to treat those with sleep disordered breathing.

Follow up is a crucial element of our treatment plan. Not only do we closely follow your progress and comfort with the machines, especially in the first month, but we also offer various support programs for our patients. Every other month we discuss snoring, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy in a public setting. We have guest speakers, usually health professionals, who discuss and answer questions regarding these issues. All those with questions about snoring, OSA and CPAP are welcome. It is a casual affair with snacks and refreshments.

We are committed to helping our patients sleep better, improve their health and to make sure they are comfortable with the solutions.

Environmentally Friendly

The Snore Shop recognizes the increased burden of business on the environment, and as such has adopted measures to try to cut down on this impact.  We use paperless charting and as much as possible, we “take to the waves” in transmitting electronic information to other health professionals via fax line or email.  We aim to use environmentally safe materials in our products.

In this way, we reduce our carbon footprint in Nova Scotia, keeping it cleaner for the future.

About the Staff

The Snore Shop employs certified Respiratory Therapists and registered Nurses for patient care and follow up.  We separate client testing and client care in order to maximize the therapists’ time with patients.

About the Owners

The Snore Shop is owned by Drs. Neil Smith and Robin LeBlanc, practicing otolaryngologists in the Dartmouth area with an interest in sleep disordered breathing as it pertains to upper airway mechanics.