OBJECTIVE The objective of this investigation was to describe the language growth of children with severe or profound hearing loss with cochlear implants versus those children with the same degree of hearing loss using hearing aids. STUDY DESIGN A prospective longitudinal observation and analysis. SETTING University of Colorado Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences. PATIENTS ...

In clinical research, in addition to continuous responses, primary clinical endpoints for assessment of efficacy and safety of a drug product under investigation could be binary responses. For example, in cancer trials, patients’ clinical reaction to the treatment is often classified as response (e.g., complete response or partial response) or nonresponse. Based on these binary responses, the p...

OBJECTIVES To test a new neurological sign, the "abductor sign," which can distinguish between organic and non-organic leg paresis using synergic movements of the bilateral hip abductors. METHODS The subjects were 33 patients presenting with paresis of one leg, 17 of organic origin and 16 of non-organic origin (hysteria). To test the abductor sign, the examiner told the patient to abduct each...

This study aims to investigate the influence of government accounting standards, human resources competence, utilization information technology toward financial reporting quality in regional hospital South Jakarta Province.This applies explanotary research which questionnaires and interviews serve as primary data. The sample this is 36 respondents consist 7 general hospitals a saturation sampli...

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the sensitivity of the lever sign test and the widely used basic tests of the Lachman, anterior drawer and pivot shift tests, both under anaesthesia and without anaesthesia, according to the gold standard diagnostic arthroscopic results in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The study included 117 patients, diagnosed with A...

The majority of the provocative tests described for physical examination of the neck and cervical spine relate to identification of radiculopathy, spinal cord, or brachial plexus pathology. These tests are often performed routinely by many providers with variable methods and interpreted in a variety of ways. Several commonly performed provocative tests include Spurling's Neck Compression Test, ...