Sleep Apnea Stories

About Sleep Apnea Stories

Sleep Apnea Stories is a podcast featuring guests who are coping with sleep apnea and the medical experts who treat them. The goal of the podcast is to shatter stereotypes around sleep apnea. We also want to build a community of people coping with Sleep Apnea to provide inspiration and hope to listeners. Do you have Sleep Apnea? Would you be willing to share your story with our community? If so, I'd love to hear from you! Email: sleepapneastories@gmail.com Photo credit: Kate Gardiner www.instagram.com/kategardiner CPAP Mask credit: ResMed Airfit f30i www.resmed.com

Publisher

Emma Cooksey

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2020

Latest episode

24 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

27 of 151 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   144 - Professor Vik Veer - Surgical Options for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

   Professor Vik Veer discusses surgical interventions, DISE procedures, and hypoglossal nerve stimulator implants for obstructive sleep apnea, emphasizing multidisciplinary approaches and personalized treatment in an interview with Emma.

2. 

   13 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   New Medications for Sleep Apnea, Project Sleep YouTube Live - Trailer

   Emma Cooksey previews a YouTube Live session on Project Sleep's channel that explores new medications for sleep apnea, offering listeners insights into potential treatment advancements.

3. 

   9 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Making CPAP Comfortable

   Emma gives an update on her upcoming Sleep Apnea Squad session on "Making CPAP Comfortable." Sign up for email about all of Emma's sleep apnea resources she is developing at Project Sleep, click here: https://projectsleep.salsalabs.org/sleepapneasquad/index.html (https://projectsleep.salsalabs.org/sleepapneasquad/index.html) Read more about it here: https://project-sleep.com/sleep-apnea-squad-making-cpap-comfortable/ (https://project-sleep.com/sleep-apnea-squad-making-cpap-comfortable/) To set a reminder or join live at 2 pm ET on Tuesday 11th February, click here: https://www.youtube.com/live/bW80v00fyBg?feature=shared (https://www.youtube.com/live/bW80v00fyBg?feature=shared)

Inside a recent episode

144 - Professor Vik Veer - Surgical Options for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Published 24 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And maybe, maybe you're really blocked and you've just got used to being blocked and you've just forgotten what normal is. I want you to kind of explain about this DICE procedure, the drug -induced sleep endoscopy. Do you do that with everybody you see with sleep apnea or just certain people? I kind of do it with everyone because I love it. Well, we invented it. So we kind of like it. So, you know, years ago, I think in the 90s, one of my predecessors in our hospital made up this thing. And it's drug -induced sleep endoscopies all about trying to figure out why you have sleep apnea. So lots of people know how bad their sleep apnea is. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,912

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

51 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

89

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

90

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