SleepRate, a new company out of Palo Alto, California, has released its new sleep improvement system that uses active overnight heart rate monitoring, as well as sound detection, to help people analyze and improve their sleep. The SleepRate utilizes a Bluetooth-equipped Polar heart rate monitor to receive data on a smartphone, which in turn runs the company’s proprietary, as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) protocols exclusively licensed from Stanford University, to help identify the causes of poor sleep.
The system is meant to be worn for five consecutive night, after which a sleep improvement plan is derived based on the data, which can involve changes in lifestyle, the timing of when to go to bed, and techniques on how to fall asleep quickly.
The personalized Sleep Improvement Plan considers peoples’ biological clocks, sleep drive and alertness as a basis for recommendations to help people fall asleep easily and maintain their sleep. The plan guides people through a series of sleep-related behavioral goals, over the course of a few weeks, and helps people understand why specific recommendations are made. A goal may include behavior changes, such as waking up at the same time each morning, conditioning the connection of bed with sleep, and using the body’s sleep drive to re-learn how to fall asleep quickly.
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