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Snore sound was classified into three bands according to frequency energy spectrum: B1 (40\u2013300\u00a0Hz), B2 (301\u2013850\u00a0Hz) and B3 (851\u20132000\u00a0Hz).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty\u2010four male and two female <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSA<\/jats:styled-content> patients (mean age, 39\u00a0years; mean <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AHI<\/jats:styled-content>, 53.1\/h; mean body mass index, 26.8\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) with favourable anatomic structure were consecutively enrolled.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Parameters of polysomnographies and Snore Maps at baseline and six months after operation were compared. Statistical significance was set at <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty\u2010two patients completed this study. The mean reduction in the total\u2010snoring index was insignificant but there were significant decreases in total mean intensity, total peak frequency, total mean frequency and Snore Map type after surgery. There were also significant decreases in the mean intensity in all three bands, the snoring index in B2\/B3 and the mean frequency in B1 postoperatively. Changes in the total mean intensity, total mean frequency, B2 mean intensity and B3 snoring index positively correlated with change in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AHI<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Relocation pharyngoplasty significantly decreases both the snoring sound intensity and snoring frequency. 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