Validation of the Pediatric Spatial Hearing Questionnaire.

Purpose: Spatial hearing is necessary for adequate sound awareness and speech perception abilities; however, research indicates that children have difficulties on these spatial hearing tasks that affect functioning in their daily environment. The purpose of this study was to validate a pediatric version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (P-SHQ) for determining binaural hearing benefits and spatial hearing ability in children.

Method: We recruited parents and guardians of 68 children ages kindergarten through eighth grade to participate.

Rapid visualization molecular fluorescence detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using the multiplex MIRA-qPCR method.

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections constitute a major public health problem worldwide. A rapid method for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is critical for the timely prevention of bacterial infections and the accurate clinical use of drugs. The nuc and mecA genes are potentially indicative of MRSA infection and in this study, a multiplex molecular fluorescence multi-enzyme isothermal rapid amplification visual assay was proposed and established.

Hearing healthcare utilisation among older adults with self-reported hearing loss during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Objective: To ascertain the prevalence, causes, and risk factors of hearing healthcare delays in older people with self-reported hearing loss in the United States.

Design: This cross-sectional study used data from the National Health and Ageing Trends Study (NHATS), a nationally representative survey of Medicare beneficiaries. A supplemental COVID-19 survey was mailed to the participants from June to October 2020.

Mechanism insights into enhanced treatment of wasted activated sludge by hydrogen-mediated anaerobic digestion.

In the current study, different forms of added gas including H, CO, and mixed gas (V:V = 4:1), as well as different hydrogen partial pressures (0.10, 0.30, and 0.

, a Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Gene of Regulates Shoot Branching in .

Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of important hormones in the regulation of plant branching. In the model plant Arabidopsis, AtMAX1 encodes a cytochrome P450 protein and is a crucial gene in the strigolactone synthesis pathway. Yet, the regulatory mechanism of MAX1 in the shoot branching of wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) remains unclear.

Ovarian Response, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Complications Between Salpingectomy and Proximal Tubal Occlusion in Hydrosalpinx Patients Before Fertilization: A Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: Contradictory findings exist in studies comparing salpingectomy and proximal tubal occlusion (PTO) in treating hydrosalpinx patients before fertilization (IVF). Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively compare ovarian response, pregnancy outcomes, and complications between salpingectomy and PTO in treating these patients.

Methods: Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science were searched to identify relevant articles published from 1980 to August 31, 2020.

A Pilot Study to Develop the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Audiology.

Background: Health literacy describes an individuals' ability to maximize their potential in health care, including one's ability to understand information needed to make informed health decisions. A variety of general and condition-specific health literacy assessment tools have been created to help health professionals assess patients' health literacy skills and tailor the need for health care communication or education; however, there are no such tools available for the audiology field.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to develop an objective reading recognition audiology-related health literacy assessment tool, the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Audiology (REALA).

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer and acetoclastic methanogenesis for enhancing anaerobic digestion of butanol octanol wastewater by coupling granular activated carbon and exogenous hydrogen.

Butanol octanol wastewater (BOW) generated from syngas conversion of coal contained abundant toxic organic pollutants. Anaerobic digestion is a promising technology for BOW, but abundant toxic substances would inhibit the activity of anaerobic microorganisms. Granular activated carbon (GAC) and exogenous hydrogen (EH) were employed to enhance anaerobic digestion of BOW.

Phgdh serves a protective role in Il‑1β induced chondrocyte inflammation and oxidative‑stress damage.

The primary pathological changes observed in osteoarthritis (OA) involve inflammation and degeneration of chondrocytes. 3‑phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (Phgdh), a rate‑limiting enzyme involved in the conversion of 3‑phosphoglycerate to serine, serves as a crucial molecular component of cell growth and metabolism. However, its effects on chondrocytes in OA have not been determined.

Coupling granular activated carbon and exogenous hydrogen to enhance anaerobic digestion of phenol via predominant syntrophic acetate oxidation and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis pathway.

Anaerobic digestion is a promising biological method for treating phenol-containing wastewater. However, the low methane yield of phenol due to the biological toxicity limits its potential application. This study presents a novel method to enhance the conversion rate of phenol to methane by coupling of granular activated carbon and exogenous hydrogen (GAC/H).

Do We Have Effective Patient Education Materials for Age-Related Hearing Loss?

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore and compare the readability and suitability of patient education materials (PEMs) on topics of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) supplied by electronic health record (EHR) systems and organizations specializing in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Method PEMs on ARHL were identified through a computerized search of EHR databases and CSD organization websites. Selected PEMs were assessed using three readability indices as well as the Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM; Doak et al.

Development of a Revised Performance-Perceptual Test Using Quick Speech in Noise Test Material and Its Norms.

Background: Two audiometric speech measures have been recognized to have associations with hearing aid use success: the Quick Speech in Noise (QuickSIN) test and the Performance-Perceptual Test (PPT). The PPT involves using the same speech test material (Hearing in Noise Test [HINT]) twice, to evaluate patients' objective and subjective speech recognition performance in noise and the discrepancy between the two measures (Performance-Perceptual Discrepancy [PPDIS]). Using the QuickSIN to conduct the PPT (revised-PPT) may provide clinicians two pieces of important information from one test to help predict hearing aid use success and the need for counseling.

Efficacy of aspirin, prednisone, and multivitamin triple therapy in treating unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion: A cohort study.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of aspirin, prednisone, and multivitamin triple therapy in treating unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA).

Methods: Data were reviewed from women with early RSA attending a hospital in Beijing, China, 2013-2017. Those with no abnormal indices (e.

Intraspinal neural axis abnormalities in severe spinal deformity: a 10-year MRI review.

Purpose: Documents indicated that the average prevalence of intraspinal neural axis abnormalities (INAAs) in presumed idiopathic scoliosis (PIS) patients was about 17.7%. However, paucity study focuses on the incidence of INAAs in severe spinal deformity (SSDs).

Development of a Shortened Version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ-S) for Screening Spatial-Hearing Ability.

Purpose: The Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ) was developed to address how to measure spatial-hearing ability in complex listening situations (Tyler, Perreau, & Ji, 2009). It has been translated and validated into various languages, including Chinese, Dutch, French, and Persian. Although the SHQ contains only 24 items, it could be time-consuming in a busy clinic to administer.

The Effects of Parent-Focused Slow Relaxed Speech Intervention on Articulation Rate, Response Time Latency, and Fluency in Preschool Children Who Stutter.

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of an intervention to reduce caregivers' articulation rates with children who stutter on (a) disfluency, (b) caregiver and child's articulation rates, and (c) caregiver and child's response time latency (RTL).

Method: Seventeen caregivers and their preschool children who stuttered participated in a group study of treatment outcomes. One speech sample was collected as a baseline, and 2 samples were collected after treatment.

Validation of the Chinese Translation of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire and Its Short Form.

Purpose: Few questionnaires address how to measure spatial hearing ability in complex listening situations. The purpose of the study was (a) to validate the Chinese translation of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (C-SHQ) among Chinese participants and (b) to provide a shortened version for the purpose of clinical screening.

Method: This was a cross-sectional study.

The effect on localization of frequency-specific gain reduction schemes when matched and mismatched across ears.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of non-adaptive matched and mismatched gain reduction schemes on localization in spatially-separated noise.

Design: Inspired by the function of commercial noise reduction algorithms, five frequency-specific gain reduction filter schemes were created, three for a modulated babble-noise and two for an unmodulated speech-shaped noise. Applying these schemes as both matched and mismatched conditions across ears, localization of five everyday sounds in noise was measured in a virtual environment using insert earphones.

Self-reported spatial hearing abilities across different cochlear implant profiles.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine how self-reported spatial hearing abilities differ across various cochlear implant (CI) profiles and to examine the degree of subjective benefit following cochlear implantation across different groups of CI users.

Method: This was a retrospective study of subjective spatial hearing ability of CI recipients. The subjects consisted of 99 unilateral CI users, 49 bilateral CI users, 32 subjects with a CI and contralateral hearing aid (bimodal users), and 37 short-electrode CI users.

The spatial hearing questionnaire: data from individuals with normal hearing.

Purpose: Although a number of questionnaires are available to assess hearing aid benefit and general hearing disability, relatively few investigate spatial hearing ability in more complex listening situations. The aim of this study was to document the performance of individuals with normal hearing using the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ; Tyler, Perreau, & Ji, 2009) and to compare performance with published data from cochlear implant (CI) users.

Method: Fifty-one participants with normal hearing participated.

Predictors of hearing aid use time in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss.

Purpose: This study investigated predictors of hearing aid (HA) use time for children with mild-to-severe hearing loss (HL). Barriers to consistent HA use and reliability of parent report measures were also examined.

Method: Participants included parents of 272 children with HL.

Factors influencing follow-up to newborn hearing screening for infants who are hard of hearing.

Purpose: To document the epidemiological characteristics of a group of children who are hard of hearing, identify individual predictor variables for timely follow-up after a failed newborn hearing screening, and identify barriers to follow-up encountered by families.

Method: The authors used an accelerated longitudinal design to investigate outcomes for children who are hard of hearing in a large, multicenter study. The present study involved a subgroup of 193 children with hearing loss who did not pass the newborn hearing screening.

[Experimental study on the induced differentiation of human amnion mesenchymal cells into osteoblasts].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of inducing differentiation of the human amniotic mesenchymal cells (hAMCs) into osteoblasts in vitro, so as to provide the seed cells for bone tissue engineering.

Methods: The hAMCs were isolated from abandoned human amnion and cultured in osteogenic media to induce the osteogenic differentiation in vitro. After hAMCs were induced by osteogenic media for 15 days, morphological observation, immunocytochemistry and western blot were used to study the cellular morphology and expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), type I collagen, osteopontin and osteocalcin.

[Detection of multiple human papillomavirus infection in cervical specimens by flow fluorescent hybridization].

Objective: To explore the clinical significance of detection of multiple human papillomavirus infection in cervical lesions detected by flow fluorescent hybridization technology with Luminex multi-analytic profiling (xMAP).

Methods: Cervical exfoliated cell specimens were collected from 301 randomly selected women accepting opportunistic screening for cervical lesions with the cytological results and hybrid capture 2 (HC-2) assay>or=atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance (ASC-US), 48 with the pathological diagnosis>or=cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)2 (case group) and 253 with normal histological result or only inflammation (control group), aged (34+/-9) (21-59). The samples were tested with xMAP technology with blind method.

Measuring cochlear implant satisfaction in postlingually deafened adults with the SADL inventory.

Background: Cochlear implants (CI) have become widely used for the management of profound sensorineural hearing loss. However, data relative to satisfaction in CI users are not so readily available. No standard outcome inventory for CI users has been developed.