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If you want to learn more, you can read our review of the existing evidence.
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Download the Fusion app, which tracks adherence by sending you a brief daily survey, connect us to your fitness tracker data, and acquire some mouth tape.
(Optional) If you're interested in tracking snoring, you will use the SnoreLab app to record your snoring while you sleep. If you're interested in tracking your facial structure changes, we'll ask you to share a set of before and after photos.
Then, we will ask you to follow your assigned taping schedule each night for 30 days, and each morning, fill out the brief daily survey in the Fusion app.
Please note: You can still participate with facial hair! Stickier tape may work better.
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Your individual, randomly assigned taping schedule will be emailed to you, and it will also be visible in the app. It will be something like the one below.
If you need a few days to get started (e.g. waiting for tape order to arrive), simply join into following the schedule when you are ready (e.g. start on Day 3). Let us know in the daily survey by honestly responding to "Did you follow your tape assignment last night?".
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.
Everyone who completes the study will receive a personalized report with your results, and be entered in a raffle to win the new Apple Watch Series 10.
You can use any kind of porous tape that is intended for use on human skin. Maybe you already have some, otherwise you can go to any pharmacy or order it online. We like this one, or this one which is a bit stickier if you have facial hair.
Please note: Most tapes are 1-2 inches wide, so you may need to cut or rip it in half the long way in order to fit on your upper lip when you do the mustache condition.
Click Ok and Allow for app notifications. Fusion will send you a daily notification asking you to fill out the brief daily survey. Click Next through the introduction screens.
Go to the Quests tab, click +Join Quest and enter the code: Tapetrial
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.
You can reference your schedule assignments in the main quest screen (they may take a minute to appear). We'll also send them via email once you finish this form.
You can configure the settings of when the notification is sent by clicking on tonight's assignment and then clicking Change time.
To connect your data, click ⋮ in the top right corner of the quest screen, then Share Health Data. Select the fitness tracker that you will be using to track your sleep.
For Oura or Whoop, this will bring you to a web page where you will sign in and connect your account. For Apple, click Turn on All and Allow.
Once you have connected your data, we will email you a $7 Amazon gift card which can be used to purchase tape! (Available for the first 300 participants to register.)
As you click through the onboarding, make sure to allow notifications and set a daily reminder to remind yourself to turn on the snore recording before bed. If you get the option to link with Apple Health, no need to do that unless you want to.
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.