Analyze the following case study to identify the specific sleep disturbance being described and provide the key reason for your conclusion.

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NREM3. Defined by presence of large amplitude, very slow delta waves. Often bundled with stage 4 of sleep due to their similarities and called slow-wave sleep. These slow waves represent widespread cortical activity synchronization. 
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Stage 3 of non-REM sleep

Breedlove, S. & Watson, N. (2017). Behavioral neuroscience, eighth edition. Oxford University Press.

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Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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The slowest type of EEG wave which is about 1 Hz that characterizes stage 3 sleep.

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