An elegant solution for inescapable snoring

So, mom is a snorer (like her father before her). Not in an apneatic way; she's just built different. Well, turns out: sleeping around someone who snores impairs sleep architecture, apparently reducing hours of restorative sleep by around 1 each night. That's not good for dad. Well, good news is you can significantly reduce the impact of the snoring through masking: playing background noise to reduce the contrast of the snoring. I happen to have this cool thing next to my bed called the "Sound+Sleep Mini", which I got years ago for dealing with a noisy upstairs neighbor when I lived in an apartment. It has a bunch of these preloaded noises (I liked its brown noise best.), and crucially: it has an "Adaptive" button. I set that to aggressive, which means that whenever there is noise, the speaker's volume increases to cover it. Noise (like snoring) becomes drowned in a kind of ocean wave (if you're using color noise) or competing sounds (if you're using the other noise options).

The exact model I got years ago doesn't seem to be available anymore, but the newer one offers the same core features with a few extras on-top. I think I've found the perfect Father's Day gift! That man deserves his rest…

It'll help mask their tinnitus, too! (especially if they use pink noise) That'll further-improve their sleep.

Another solution that looks promising is some anti-snoring nasal strips — they're pretty cheap and might stop mom from snoring altogether!

Update: My parents like it and they think it is indeed actually helping them sleep better! They report waking up less, too.