James Goodwin, a sleep researcher at the University of Arizona, constructed a survey to see if snoring affected children’s learning abilities. His study involved 9 Tucson elementary schools with more than 1200 students and their parents involved. The study showed that 25% of children who had episodes of loud snoring, had learning problems. 11% of hispanic children had disordered breathing compared to the 7% of caucasian children. The children the regularly fell asleep in class were also found to most likely have sleep apnea. This information was presented in 2002 at the American College of Chest Professions annual meeting (Peck).
