Specialty care for sleep disorders
Ascension Providence Sleep Center provides comprehensive sleep testing in Waco, Texas. Our dedicated sleep facility offers overnight and day Sleep Studies, Home Sleep Tests (HST) and Inspire studies at our Ascension sleep lab.
The Sleep Center Lab, an eight bed facility, opened in 2013 offering dedicated care close to home. Studies are performed at night, while phone support is available Monday through Friday during both daytime and nighttime hours.
Sleep studies and testing
Testing available may include, depending on clinical need, provider order and center availability:
- Overnight polysomnogram (PSG): In-lab study measuring brain waves, breathing, oxygen levels, heart rate, eye movements and muscle activity.
- Split-night sleep study: Diagnostic testing during the first part of the night followed by CPAP titration if sleep apnea is identified.
- Home sleep apnea test (HSAT/HST): At-home testing primarily used to evaluate suspected obstructive sleep apnea.
- CPAP titration study: Determines the appropriate continuous positive airway pressure setting.
- BiPAP or bilevel PAP titration study: Determines settings for bilevel positive airway pressure therapy.
- ASV titration study: Adjusts adaptive servo-ventilation settings for certain complex breathing disorders.
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT): Daytime nap study used to evaluate narcolepsy and other causes of excessive sleepiness.
- Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT): Measures the ability to remain awake during scheduled daytime periods.
- Overnight study followed by MSLT: A nighttime polysomnogram followed the next day by an MSLT.
- Inspire-related sleep studies: May include studies to evaluate or adjust therapy for patients using Inspire hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
