According to a release, more than 50 million adults in the U.S. suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. One of the most common is Obstructive Sleep Apnea. One of the symptoms is loud snoring. To help with this disorder, sleepers wear a Continuous Positive Air Pressure mask (shown above, sunglasses and hat optional) hooked to a machine to force air into the sleeper.
This live stream of an actual sleep study is designed to raise awareness of the sleep disorders and how to treat it.
8 p.m. PT, Sleep Medicine Associates’ website, will be live streaming.
Dr. Ralph Pascualy will start off with a discussion about sleep disorders, and will chat with Balcerak and his wife about the patient’s history.
From 9 p.m. until 10:59 p.m., the sleeping will begin and doctors and specialists as well as Swedish Medical Center’s social media team will begin moderating the event using high tech gadgetry including night-vision technology.