Quantitative analysis of vowel production in cerebral palsy children with dysarthria.

Objective: The present study aimed to identify certain acoustic parameters for speech evaluation in cerebral palsy children with dysarthria.

Methods: The subject included 30 native Mandarin-Speaking children with cerebral palsy, who were 5-15 years old, and 13 healthy children in a similar age range. Each subject was recorded while producing a list of 12 Mandarin words, which included three syllables ('ba', 'bi' and 'du'), in all four Mandarin tones.

Inflammation role in sensory neuropathy in Chinese patients with diabetes/prediabetes.

Objectives: Prediabetes involves people with glucose-metabolism impairment, and is related to different diabetic complications, like peripheral neuropathy. We aimed to explore the relationship among inflammatory (tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNFα]) and antiinflammatory (interleukin 10 [IL10]) cytokines as well as neuropathy of very distal-sensory-nerves in Chinese patients with prediabetes/diabetes.

Patients And Methods: In the present study, 55 patients having prediabetes, 55 patients having type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and 48 controls were included.