I love noises

If you've ever been a teacher, a preacher, or some who conducts life-insurance seminars, you’re familiar with the sound of snoring. 

Notice, I was smart enough not to mention "husband" or "wife."

Anyway, if you or someone you love is a snorer, the solution to your snoring - and the medical term for snoring is stertor (from the Latin stertere, meaning 'to snore') - may be as close as the nearest conch shell.

Studies are telling the doctors that blowing air to make a noise through a conch shell may alleviate symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), and that's what snoring is all about.

Why is that, you might ask?

Well, conch shell blowing involves inhaling deeply and forcefully exhaling through the shell. The noise comes from the vibrations created, and the airflow resistance. This gives you better muscles in the throat and the soft palate, and those are the very muscles that collapse if you have OSA. 

A study concluded that people who regularly practiced conch blowing aren't as sleepy during the day, sleep better at night, and deal with fewer breathing interruptions. 

A word of caution: a separate study concluded that people who go around making noises in seashells often go to bed earlier than they wanted to, and often have been smacked silly before retiring for the night. Just sayin'.