Nobody has to know.
Until now, that is. Because my snoring has contributed to TC s research on sleep being done by Assistant Professor Jason Mateika in the Movement Sciences and Education program. It all started with an e-mail from Mateika informing me, an editor of Inside TC, about his research. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airway becomes blocked by the relaxed soft tissue in the throat and breathing stops for an abnormally long period. Mateika said that when people with sleep apnea experience a breathing obstruction during sleep, their oxygen levels can drop as low as 70 percent.