The sleep disorder you might not know you have - Alayna Vaughan
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A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. A machine that delivers sudden electrical pulses. These were all treatments for a problem that has haunted humanity for millennia: snoring. It might seem harmless, but snoring can be a sign of something more dangerous. So, what exactly causes snoring? Alayna Vaughan digs into the troublesome sleep disorder.
Explain why oxygen blood levels decrease in a person with sleep apnea and the potential consequences of that.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Alayna Vaughan
- Director Rémi Cans, Boniato Studio
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
- Animator Andy Redwood
- Composer Alain Girardot
- Sound Designer Jean-Baptiste Montmartin
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Editorial Producer Cella Wright
- Fact-Checker Krystian Aparta
