Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Symptoms of sleep disorders.

If you answer yes to three or more of the below symptoms, particularly the first four, your child or teen should be evaluated for a sleep disorder.

Does your child

• Snore loudly, snore often or have trouble breathing while sleeping.
• Feel very sleepy during the day or fall asleep at inappropriate times.
• Have trouble falling or staying asleep.
• Experience restless sleep or move their legs a lot while sleeping.
• Wake up tired, even after a full night of sleep.
• Wake up with a headache.
• Have frequent upper airway infections.
• Have a short temper or act irritable.
• Act restless or have difficulty concentrating or remembering.
• Have difficulty gaining weight or is overweight.
• Perform poorly in school.
• Have behavioral problems or learning disabilities.
• Have high blood pressure.
• Sweat while sleeping.
• Sleep in unusual positions.
• Wet the bed.

We recommend that you keep a daily sleep diary for a week or two. Write down the time your child takes naps, goes to bed, the time he wakes up, and anything that seems to affect his sleep. Share this information with her doctor and our staff.

• Sleep Study Instructions – Akron
• Sleep Study Instructions – Boardman
• Instrucciones para la polisomnografía
• Instrucciones para padres relativas al estudio de latencia multiple del sueño
• Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) Instructions
• Sleep Center History and Physical and Order Form
• Sleep History Questionnaire
• Sleep Study Log (English)

• Multiple Sleep Latency Test
• Sleep Study Test

Specialized care.

Akron Children's Sleep Center is fully accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Accreditation from the AASM is voluntary and reflects our commitment to providing the highest quality care for sleep disorders.

We have specific expertise in diagnosing and treating children and teens who suffer from severe sleep disruptions. We bring together a team of pediatric neurologists, pulmonologists, developmental and behavioral pediatricians, ENT specialists and others to help children and families cope with, and often eliminate, severe sleep disruptions. Chronic lack of sleep may affect a person’s health, job or school performance, memory, mood and behavior. And if children and teens don’t get enough sleep, the entire family may be affected by disrupted sleep.

We may recommend a sleep study  if your child's sleep problems last longer than a few weeks and interferes with daily function and wellbeing.