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. 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!