Sleep Medicine

Sleep Medicine Services

The Sleep Specialists at our Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center Sleep Medicine Center provide diagnostic and treatment services for a variety of sleep disorders.

Read an article by the Co-Director of our Sleep Medicine Centers, Dr. Clarke Piatt

Treatment begins with a daytime consultation with a Sleep Specialist. After the consultation, if needed, a staff member schedules a sleep study in our comfortable, relaxing facility during the patient's normal sleeping time.

During the sleep study sessions, technologists use non-invasive, state-of-the-art equipment to monitor a patient's heart, respiratory system, muscle activity, brain activity, oxygen level, body position and sleep movements.

You should contact us if you:

Fall asleep while driving, during social events, meetings, movies, or at other inappropriate times.
Have sudden daytime sleep attacks.
Snore loudly and awaken yourself or others with snores.
Wake up gasping for breath.
Breathe through the mouth while sleeping and frequently have dry mouth in the morning.
Appear to stop breathing during sleep.
Have unrefreshing sleep.
Frequently awaken with a headache.
Take longer than 30 minutes to fall asleep.
Sleep less than six hours.
Wake more than four times a night.
Walk, talk or scream during sleep.
Have uncontrollable movements of the legs before or during sleep.