Most private health insurance programs cover occupational therapy services for disabilities, including low vision. occupational therapy services on a state-by-state basis. by occupational therapists to all beneficiaries in 2002. Referral by an optometrist or physician is required for Medicare coverage.
Biphasic sleep (or diphasic, bimodal or bifurcated sleep) is the practice of sleeping during two periods over 24 hours, while polyphasic sleep refers to sleeping multiple times â usually more than two.[1] Each of these is in contrast to monophasic sleep, which is one period of sleep over 24 hours. Segmented sleep and divided sleep may refer to polyphasic or biphasic sleep, but may also refer to interrupted sleep, where the sleep has one or several shorter periods of wakefulness.
Some common sleep disorders include sleep apnea (stops in breathing during sleep), narcolepsy and hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness at inappropriate times), cataplexy (sudden and transient loss of muscle tone while awake), and sleeping sickness (disruption of sleep cycle due to infection). Sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, obstruction of the airway during sleep, causing lack of sufficient deep sleep, often accompanied by snoring. 2  Other forms of sleep apnea are less common. 3  When air is blocked from entering into the lungs, the individual unconsciously gasps for air and sleep is disturbed.