Home sleep study. No clinic. Just one form.
Upload your GP referral, or opt in to our in-house GP referral service, and your study is bulk billed. The kit comes to your door and you sleep in your own bed.
- Australia wide by post
- 155 Aer Centres in Australia and NZ
- 10 years in sleep
Does Medicare cover it?
For adults, the home sleep study is bulk billed when all of these are true, so there's nothing to pay for the study. The medical history form checks them for you.
- You're 18 or over.
- You have a green Medicare card or a blue interim card. Reciprocal health care cards aren't eligible.
- You haven't had a Medicare-funded home sleep study in the last 12 months.
- Your Epworth Sleepiness Scale score is 8 or more, plus a STOP-BANG score of 3 or more, an OSA50 score of 5 or more, or a high risk result on the Berlin questionnaire.
- You have a GP referral: upload your own, or opt in to our in-house GP referral service ($20).
Some people are better tested overnight in a sleep lab, for example with severe lung or heart disease or another sleep condition. The form picks this up, and we'll tell you.
What it costs
| Adult home sleep studyType 2, 18 and over | $0bulk billed if eligible |
|---|---|
| Bruxism reportOptional, on clenching and grinding | $169optional |
| In-house GP referralOptional, if you don't have your own | $20optional |
| Children and teens sleep studyAges 3 to 17, approved by our sleep physician | $523.70per study |
| Sleep screeningType 3, to check your sleep or your therapy | $250private |
A GP referral is what gets your study bulk billed. Upload your GP referral, or opt in to organise one via our in-house GP referral service when you book. Not eligible for Medicare? You can still have a private study; call us for the fee.
A sleep clinic means a night away. This starts with a form.
The usual way
- Book a night at a sleep clinic.
- Get yourself there for the evening and settle into a bed that isn't yours.
- Sleep in a clinic bed, with staff fitting the sensors and keeping an eye on you overnight.
With Sentinel Sleep
- Fill in one form online whenever it suits you. You don't need to call us or make an appointment.
- A GP referral gets your study bulk billed. Upload yours, or opt in to our in-house GP referral service.
- The kit comes to your door and you sleep in your own bed.
- A sleep physician writes your report. Bulk billed if you're eligible.
A private study, in your own bed
A sleep study at home is a private one. You put the kit on yourself at bedtime, and nobody sits up watching you sleep.
Private
The kit is easy to set up and wear, and it's just you in your own room.
Your usual night
With your own pillow and your usual routine, you sleep the way you normally do, which gives the best example of your sleep.
Nothing to travel to
You don't have to get to a clinic or spend a night away from home. The kit goes back in the post the next day.
With you all the way through your sleep journey.
Four steps, and three of them happen at home. Here they are in your Sleep Passport.
PassportSleep journey
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1
Check you're eligible
A short form online with your medical history. It checks whether your study can be bulk billed. Upload your GP referral, or opt in to organise one via our in-house GP referral service.
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2
The kit comes to your door
Pick your night. Australia Post brings the kit, and we do the Medicare paperwork.
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3
Sleep at home, post it back
Wear it for one night in your own bed. Next day, drop it at the post office with our prepaid label.
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4
Your report and options
Sleep scientists score your night and a sleep physician writes your report. If an oral appliance suits you, an Aer Centre dentist near you can fit one.
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It takes a few minutes on your phone. The details are in the questions below, or book a phone call.
155 Aer Centres across Australia and New Zealand
If your report says an oral appliance suits you, an Aer Centre dentist can make and fit it. There's one in every state and territory, and in New Zealand.
- NSW
- 70
- VIC
- 32
- QLD
- 31
- WA
- 8
- SA
- 3
- TAS
- 4
- ACT
- 3
- NT
- 1
- NZ
- 3
Oral appliances, designed by us.
A mandibular advancement splint (MAS) holds your lower jaw a little forward while you sleep. We design it and your Aer Centre dentist fits it.
Already wearing one?
Cleaning tablets, replacement fins and pins, cases, and the Snore Attack mouth tape, shield and nasal clips.
Go to the shopFor dentists
We run the whole study for your patient and send you a report you can use.
Order splints and MAS
Our lab, ODL Labs, designs nylon splints and MAS, does reprints and remakes, and takes digital scans.
Order from ODL LabsFree Sleep Passports
A box of passports for your patients. The code on each one starts their Medicare sleep study.
Request a boxReports you can use
Bruxism analysis, airway collapsibility and arousal score, so you know whether a MAS is likely to suit.
About the studyJoin the Aer Centre network
Get listed on the map patients use to find a dentist for their oral appliance.
Email us to join
Run by Chris Kelly, sleep scientist, in Caringbah.
Chris runs Sentinel Sleep day to day and works with our sleep physician: every Medicare study the physician approves, and every private study, comes through him. He's also a dental technician and dental prosthetist, with a Graduate Certificate in Science in Medicine (Sleep Medicine) from the University of Sydney. For ten years, first as Aer Healthcare, we have worked with patients, dentists and GPs to make sleep testing easy to get, wherever you live.
Questions people ring about
How do I book?
Fill in the details form and your medical history, then pick the night you want to do the study. Australia Post brings the kit for that night.
Who does the Medicare paperwork?
We do. If you're eligible, the study is bulk billed and we organise the Medicare form and claim for you.
Do I need a referral?
A GP referral is what lets Medicare bulk bill your study. Upload your GP referral with the form, or opt in to organise one via our in-house GP referral service.
What's in the kit?
A Somte PSG recorder and its sensors. It stores the night on the device, so you don't need a computer at home.
How do I send it back?
The next day, drop it at your local post office with the prepaid label we give you.
What does the report tell me?
Sleep scientists score your night, including how collapsible your airway is. A sleep physician writes your diagnosis and options, and refers you on where you need it.
What is the bruxism report?
An optional extra report on clenching and grinding during the night, for $169.
What about children and teens?
From 3 to 17, our sleep physician can approve a home study, for $523.70.
Already wearing an appliance?
Sleep screening checks how your sleep is going with your therapy, at home, for $250.
Phones are answered 9am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, on (02) 8090 4358. Or book a phone call at a time that suits you.