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New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first

Nyxoah’s Genio device zaps the nerves in the tongue to help sufferers breathe better overnight

Patients with a common sleep disorder have been fitted with an app-controlled device that zaps the nerves in the tongue to help them breathe overnight in a UK first.

Sleep apnoea causes breathing to stop repeatedly during sleep and is thought to affect about 8 million people in the UK.

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