Britain’s Loudest Snorer

Written By: Tom Doerr on March 27, 2010 No Comment

The people who suffer most from snoring are usually the people who share a bed with the snorer. There can be a variety of causes to snoring such as being overweight which can cause sleep conditions such as sleep apnoea and breathing difficulties. Smoking can damage the respiratory system and alcohol can limit the reactions of the throat muscles. There is a range of other causes such as sleeping position, allergies and nostril sizes but fundamentally the result is the same; loud, annoying snoring.

Depending on the particular type of snoring of an individual sufferer, there are many snoring treatments available and each is but results are vague and chronic sufferers don’t tend to have much luck.

The loudest snorer in Britain was named as Jenny Chapman of Peterborough. When all other treatments had failed she decided to offer herself for a study and was found to have a constant snore volume of 111.6 decibels. That’s roughly the same volume as a low flying jet or a pneumatic drill. It is so loud that she regularly wakes herself up and her husband Colin has spent the 18 years they have been married sleeping in the spare room.

Over time Mrs Chapman has tried all sorts of therapies and made countless visits to the doctor; even considering surgery as an option. She finally took part in a two day snoring ‘boot camp’ at the Hilton Warwick Hotel where she proved to have the loudest snore of six chronic snorers.

The study included another woman and four other men and Chapman, 60, was told by experts she was the loudest they had ever heard. “It was a bit embarrassing to be told in front of everyone” she said, “I can sympathise with my husband now who is always complaining”.

The experts recommended she took on healthier lifestyle but Chapman said “I won’t be giving up alcohol totally just yet – that’s too much to ask.

Some people who are exposed to constant loud noises are entitled to tinnitus compensation, why not find out if you could make an industrial deafness claim.