The Big Taping Truth Trial

The Research Question

If you want to learn more, you can read our review of the existing evidence.

In order to participate...

Requirements:

• Must have your own fitness tracker -- either Oura, Apple Watch, or Whoop
• Willing to share your data
• Able to put on mouth tape for 30 nights of sleep, according to a randomized treatment schedule

BENEFITS:

• Amazon gift card to buy mouth tape, free access to SnoreLab premium (if tracking snoring), entered in raffle to win new Apple Watch Series 10 (upon study completion)
• Receive a personalized report about how mouth taping impacted you
• Contribute to the largest study to date on mouth taping. In the best case scenario, we discover a simple and cheap intervention to help people improve their sleep and breathing quality, otherwise we get to debunk the trend.

Participation Overview

Download the Fusion app, which tracks adherence by sending you a brief 3-question daily survey, connect us to your fitness tracker data, and acquire some mouth tape.

Then, we will ask you to follow your assigned taping schedule each night for 30 days, and each morning, fill out the 3-question daily survey in the Fusion app.
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Your individual, randomly assigned schedule will be emailed to you. For the first two weeks, you will place a small strip of tape vertically over the middle of your mouth ("vertical"). For the second two weeks, you will have a random assignment each night of "vertical" or "mustache" (not covering the mouth) taping.

Please note: You can still participate with facial hair! Stickier tape works better, but you can just put the tape over it. You'll be fine.‍

Your taping assignment schedule will look something like this, but with your own start date and random assignments:

If you're interested in tracking snoring, you'll also download the SnoreLab app to measure your snoring while you sleep you're interested in tracking your facial structure changes, we'll ask you to share a set of Before and After photos.

At the end, there will be a brief final survey. Depending on what tracking you participated in, we may ask you to export and share some additional data.

You will receive a personalized report with your results. Those who complete the protocol will be entered in a raffle to win the new Apple Watch Series 10.

Study Materials

Mouth Tape

We like this one, or this one (1/2" width) which is a bit stickier if you have facial hair. But you can use any kind of porous tape that is intended for use on human skin.

Please note: Most tapes are 1-2 inches wide, so you may need to rip it in half the long way in order to fit on your upper lip when you do the mustache condition.

Fusion app

Apple: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/usefusion/id6445860500?platform=iphone
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neurofusion.fusion&pli=1

Click Ok and Allow for app notifications. Fusion will send you a daily notification asking you to fill out a 3-question survey. (You can configure the settings of when the notification is sent.)
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Go to the Quests tab, click +Join Quest and enter the code: zcahu

Click Complete Onboarding and enter your study registration email.
IMPORTANT: Please register with the same email you used to register for the study in this form.

If you are participating in tracking snoring, click Yes.

Snorelab app

Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snorelab-record-your-snoring/id529443604
‍Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snorelab.app&pcampaignid=web_share

You will need to start the app before bed each night, and in the morning it will give you an analysis of your snoring. At the end of the experiment, you will need to export and share your data with us.

For any further questions, please contact mouthtaping@cosimoresearch.com.