Press and publications

Elisabeth Bergmann was unable to walk properly for years. She came to Unna without hope and experienced a small miracle with Dr Berndsen.

When treating patients, dentists are constantly exposed to noise that can damage their hearing. The exposure often goes largely unnoticed at first...

From practical work with tinnitus patients, therapy research and the development of KVT tinnitus therapy, the Tinnitus Hunter, a computer-controlled digital measurement procedure, was developed at the ISST in Unna.

The everyday world of our communication society is and will be increasingly determined by the acoustic events that the human ear picks up and processes in the brain.

TAS - Training therapy for sleep apnoea and snoring - Flaccid muscles and hyperplastic tissue in the mouth and throat are generally regarded as the main cause of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea.

FaceFormer helps dad to stop snoring - To most people it seems like a soother that is too big. But it is a kind of fitness device for the facial muscles. And it helps perfectly against snoring. The speech therapists and dentists from Twente listened enthusiastically to the inventor of the FaceFormer yesterday.

The "Gemeinsam Leben - Gemeinsam lernen" initiative organised a lecture and discussion on the topic of "Voice and speech therapy" in Wesel. Numerous parents, remedial teachers and therapists listened to the presentation with great interest. Dr Klaus Berndsen reported on the fatal consequences of the long-term use of dummies and baby bottles and explained the correlations.

FaceFormer helps against snoring and sleep apnoea - The Brazilian newspaper A Noticia reported on the success of FaceFormer therapy in the treatment of snoring and sleep apnoea.

New aids for correcting orofacial muscle functions. The muscles of the head and neck not only have a significant influence on the shape and functions of their immediate localisation area, but also on the static and functional processes of the entire human organism.

Studies at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf and the ISST in Unna have had very positive experiences with advanced, soft oral stimulation plates (OSP) in children with Down syndrome.

Effective muscle function training against snoring and sleep apnoea - A large number of people are affected by snoring and nocturnal breathing interruptions. It is mostly women who complain about their snoring partner and banish them from the bedroom.

The FaceFormer and OSP devices were developed at the ISST in Unna by Dr Klaus Berndsen and Sabine Berndsen for the functional treatment of hypotonic muscles and muscular dysfunctions in facial and neck pain, temporomandibular joint problems, bruxism, misaligned teeth, syndromic diseases and disabilities.