Frontiers | Positive airway pressure delivery: overcoming old hurdles, exploring new frontiers
1 Division of Sleep and Circadian Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States 2 Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee, Murfreesboro, TN, United States Despite being the gold-standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) faces important challenges, particularly with patient adherence. Many individuals find CPAP difficult to tolerate due to noise, social inconveniences, characteristics inherently linked to their