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Message:: [QUOTE="OhioScott, post: 12237468, member: 334752"]Well I don't know much about your inner ear issue but I've been using a CPAP for over 20 years. I assume that if your company pushed for a CPAP machine then they may want compliance reports. If you can't put up with a CPAP machine then I only know of a few options. You could have it surgically corrected (which just does not sound like fun), you could have a Watchman device implanted (which sounds better but it still involves surgery) or there's a new device called "The Beacon". Apparently it's a custom made oral device (kind of like a football players teeth guard) and it keeps your lower jaw extended forward thereby preventing collapse of the airway. It might be in pretrials and I just recently signed up as a participant at University Hospital in Ohio. If push comes to shove then I personally would gravitate toward the Watchman device but I feel the Beacon would be the best choice but I don't think it's out yet (so you would have to deal with the ear issue for an indefinite period). I just had a thought on this: I use a "Smart CPAP" machine which runs at a low pressure (for me it's a 4) and increases the pressure up to 12 to overcome an apnea event, then drops back to 4. If you don't have a Smart CPAP then that might minimize your discomfort.[/QUOTE]