SentinelSleep listens while you sleep, detects nightmare acoustic signatures, and plays calibrated therapeutic audio — gently interrupting distress without waking you.
May 1, 2026 · 7h 23m · 2 interventions
Americans experience PTSD-related nightmares each year.
Benzodiazepines and prazosin help some — not all. Image rehearsal therapy requires a therapist.
Therapists and partners can't monitor every night. AI can — quietly, without disruption.
From audio detection to therapeutic response in under 3 seconds — running fully offline on your device.
MIT AST model classifies 2-second audio chunks across 527 AudioSet classes.
wav2vec2 returns valence, arousal, and dominance. Nightmare = low V + high A + low D, sustained ≥15s.
Pre-cached MusicGen + AudioLDM2 therapeutic audio plays at −20 dBFS, mixed with ambient sound for 60 seconds.
If distress resolves, system returns to listening. If it persists, a progressive wake protocol activates.