Saturday, June 16, 2007

ESL: Listening Assignment Due Noon 19 June 2007

Listening Assignment

Due Noon 19 June 2007


Go to the following web page and answer the following questions:


  1. What is the name of the sleep disorder that may be the most common in America?
    2. How many adults suffer from sleep disorder?
    3. What 4 serious consequences follow?
    4. What other problem does a new study find?
    5. Patients who had been diagnosed with insomnia averaged how much in health care costs?
    6. That's about a) double, b) triple, c) half, d) quadruple the expenses of patients without the disorder.
    7. Which years were covered in the above study (#5)?
    8. What 3 economic consequences follow from this disorder?
    9. What costs were especially high?
    10. How many times greater were these costs (#9) for patients suffering from this disorder?
    11. What may reduce many of the medical conditions?


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