Why Do Some People Snore So Loudly? discusses what sleep apnea is, what triggers it, why it triggers snoring, and some ways to treat sleep apnea. View the complete video lesson here and discover the accompanying conversation questions here..

For nearly twenty years Ive gone to
an ice fishing camp every winter season with the same group of guys (other than for last winter). Some of them are rather loud snorers. The loud snorers have their own bunk space in the lodge. I was talking about this a few days ago when my daughter asked, “whats snoring?” My finest explanation for my four-year-old was “its a noise that some individuals make when theyre sleeping.” A much better description is discovered in a TED-Ed lesson titled
Why Do Some People Snore So Loudly?.