29. Ep 7 - Airway Answers - The Upper Airway Resistance with Ken Hooks
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Welcome to the Airway Answers Podcast with host Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP-COM®. This episode features the founder of True Sleep Diagnostics, Ken Hooks!
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Listen in as they review and discuss topics like:
- “The Upper Airway Resistance!”
- What impacts Airflow
- The Stages of Sleep
- What exactly SDB looks like on sleep studies
- Sleep behaviors like central apnea, sigh breath, nightmares, night terrors, and much more!
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ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Ken Hooks, Founder of True Sleep Diagnostics, is a registered respiratory therapist and polysomnographic technologist with 19 years of combined experience. He was formerly a sleep medicine representative at Bon Secours St. Francis and Clinical Director at Greenville Technical College. He co-authored a case report on pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
For more on Ken and for course information, check out his website at www.truesleepdiagnostics.com
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ABOUT OUR HOST:
Nicole is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, an International speaker, and an Ambassador for the Breathe Institute. Nicole is the owner of San Diego Center For Speech Therapy & Myofunctional Therapy. She has a special passion and interest in sleep-disordered breathing and diagnosing restricted frenums as they relate to myofunctional disorders.
For more on Nicole, visit her practice: www.sandiegocenterforspeechtherapy.com.
Follow her Facebook: San Diego Center for Speech Therapy
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At Airway Circle we offer a safe and suppor
ABOUT OUR HOST:
Renata Nehme RDH, BSDH, COM® has been a Registered Dental Hygienist since 2010. In 2016, when she was introduced to the world of "Myofunctional Therapy" she immediately knew that was her calling, especially when she learned that it encapsulated many of her passions- breastfeeding, the import of early childhood development, and airway health.
In 2021 Renata founded Airway Circle with the intention of creating a collaborative and multidisciplinary group of like-minded health professionals who share the same passion for learning and giving in the dental health and airway space.
Myo Moves - Become a Patient: www.myo-moves.com
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