Background: Loss of hearing is a non-visible disability (NVD) and the second most common congenital pathology. Apart from hearing loss, further disability in these domains has been reported like development of language, speech, cognition, and other evolving domains. These can be prevented by early identification and intervention. The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes of neonatal hear...

UNLABELLED Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials are considered exogenous potentials, that is, the responses obtained are highly dependent upon the characteristic of the stimulus used to evoke them. AIM To investigate the influence of the click stimulus polarity in the study of Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) at different intensities, using insertion-canal earphones. TYPE OF STUD...

UNLABELLED Illicit drugs are known for their deleterious effects upon the central nervous system and more specifically for how they adversely affect hearing. OBJECTIVE This study aims to analyze and compare the hearing complaints and the results of brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) of former drug user support group goers. METHODS This is a cross-sectional non-experimental descript...

Hearing is the link by which the newborn comes in contact with the world of sound and language. Sense of hearing is a gift to mankind from god, as hearing and speech are the cornerstones of communication. Speech is intimately related to hearing because those with impaired hearing often have speech delay. The aim of the study was to analyze the effectiveness of BERA (Brain stem evoked response a...

The role of soil microbiota in plant stress management, though speculated a lot, is still far from being completely understood. We conducted a greenhouse experiment to examine synergistic impact of plant growth promoting rhizobacterium, Bacillus subtilis (BERA 71), and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) (Claroideoglomus etunicatum; Rhizophagus intraradices; and Funneliformis mosseae) to induce ...

1. Methods and application Several studies in empirical finance literature have highlighted the importance of allowing for skewness, tail-fatness, non normality of returns for asset allocation and pricing models. Moreover, the dependence between returns, that can impact portfolio decisions, often exhibits nonlinear structures and asymmetric extremal behavior that the usual correlation coefficie...

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of hearing impairment and prenatal, antenatal, postnatal variables associated with in neonates at Indus hospital Karachi. Study Design: Prospective, Observational, Cohort study. Setting: Department Pediatrics Neonatology, Sheikh Saeed Memorial Campus (SSMC) Hospital Health Network (IHHN) Karachi, Pakistan. Period: July 2020 to June 2022. Material & Metho...

The aim of this work is the development of an intelligent system for the detection of plant viruses, using biosensors and Artificial Neural Networks. The system is based on the Bioelectric Recognition Assay (BERA) method for the detection of viruses, developed by our team. BERA sensors detect the electric response of culture cells suspended in a gel matrix, as a result to their interaction with...