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.
Based on what you have learned, what are ways you could recognize sleep apnea in someone with loud snoring?
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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
