Unilateral temporal lobe ablations have become a common treatment procedure for intractable epilepsy. Five children, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, received a battery of tests to evaluate possible postoperative changes in central auditory processing functions. Children were tested before surgery and at 1 year following surgery. Tests included the SCAN test for central auditory processing, ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate central auditory processing in children with unilateral stroke and to verify whether the hemisphere affected by the lesion influenced auditory competence. METHOD 23 children (13 male) between 7 and 16 years old were evaluated through speech-in-noise tests (auditory closure); dichotic digit test and staggered spondaic word test (selective attention); pitch pattern and ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the influence on examination time and test quality of the recently introduced SITA strategies of the Humphrey Field Analyzer. METHODS The sample consisted of 41 subjects (19 normal subjects and 22 glaucoma patients), all experienced in automated perimetry, ranging in age from 24 to 83 years. One eye of each patient was examined with the HC30-2 program using the FASTPAC (FP...

We put forward initial results on lightweight phase-based control for dialogue systems as a test case of evolutionary development of such systems. A new design pattern for generalized phase-based processing is presented. A phase-based view of top-level control for dialogue systems is suggested in terms of the new pattern. The work verifies the generality of a previously reported development met...

BACKGROUND Abnormal bleeding pattern is one major reason for non-compliance with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in post-menopausal women. We have previously documented that the dose of trimegestone is the main determinant of the pattern of bleeding in women treated with estradiol (E(2)) and sequential combined trimegestone administered in four doses. The objectives of this study were to test...