OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationships of electrophysiological characteristics between speech evoked auditory brainstem response (s-ABR) and auditory mismatch negativity (MMN), so as to provide more clues for the mechanism of speech cognitive behavior. METHOD: Thirty-three ears in 33 normal hearing adults were included in this study. Their s-ABR were recorded with speech syllables /da/ at 80 dB HL intensity. Meanwhile, two MMNs were recorded with 1 kHz frequency deviant extent and 40 dB intensity deviant extent in them. The electrophysiological characteristics of s-ABRs and MMNs, as well as the relationships of MMN latencies between s-ABR parameters including latencies in time domain, fundamental frequency(F0) and first formants(F1) in frequency domain were analyzed statistically. RESULT: MMN latency of frequency deviance showed a negative correlation tendency with s-ABR transient components, and it showed a positive trend with sustained components of s-ABR. While MMN latency of intensity deviance showed a positive correlation with s-ABR latency of peak V, A and D respectively, and it negatively showed a correlation with s-ABR latency of other peak s and amplitude of F0 and FI respectively. Only the s-ABR latency of peak F and MMN latency of frequency deviance, and the F0 amplitude of s-ABR and MMN latency of intensity deviance were moderate correlation statistically. CONCLUSION It was probably the neurons of frequency deviant MMN unmatched the characteristics of frequency with the neurons of s-ABR transient component, but well matched the characteristics of frequency with the neurons of s-ABR sustained component. Similarly, the neurons of intensity deviant MMN probably matched the characteristics of intensity with neurons of different components of s-ABR or not. These results may formed as a valuable clue for further investigation of speech perception and temporal processing abilities.
Acoustic Stimulation ; Adult ; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ; Humans ; Speech ; Speech Perception

Objective:To compare the time domain and the frequency domain of speech-evoked auditory brainstem response measured by stimulation of left and right ears, and to explore the difference and possible reasons of neural coding for speech from different ears in auditory brainstem.Method:Speech-ABRs to syllable /da/ of 31 healthy adults were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed on time-domain parameters, such as latencies and amplitudes of featured peaks, and frequency-domain ones, such as amplitudes of the fundamental frequency and the first formant of speech-ABRs ranging from 20-50 ms. A scoring criterion to grade the appearance of featured waves was proposed for waveform evaluation.Result:There were no significant difference for the latencies of binaural featured peaks and amplitudes of feature peaks(except peaks A and O). The waveform scores of right ear were greater than that of left ear. The amplitudes of fundamental frequency of binaural waves were both greater than that of the first formant. There was no significant difference of amplitudes of fundamental frequency and the first formant between two ears.Conclusion:The origins and distributions of speech-ABR are essentially symmetrical in brainstem in contrast with the hemisphere asymmetry of speech.

Objective:To understand the awareness of students of medical colleges sperm behavior, attitudes and prac-tical factors. Methods:Used convenient sampling method to select 300 college students of 4 medical colleges in Shanghai conducted a questionnaire survey and used Epidata 3. 1 and SPSS 18. 0 to count and analyse. Results: 251 question-naires. 39. 8% of respondents were willing to sperm, the primary reason was considered to be an act of charity, helping others;willing sperm donors only distributed among schools statistically significant (P<0. 05) proportions, and for the various professional and grades , showed no significant difference ( P>0 . 05 ) . Conclusion:Students of Shanghai Medical Colleges sperm voluntary rate was not high, so the survey analyzed related factors affecting sperm donation and put forward practical proposals to provide reference data and methods for sperm bank sperm recruiting for volunteers in the universities.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of intratympanic dexamethasone injections combined with prednisone in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Methods A total of 71 patients diagnosed with sudden hearing loss were treated with intratympanic dexamethasone injections plus prednisone (B group) or prednisone alone (A group). Hearing was evaluated by pure tone audiogram performed before initial treatment and at 4 weeks following the final treatment. Results The total recovery rate after the treatment was 81.8% in the B group and 55.3% in the A group. The diflference between two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The present study suggests that sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients treated with intratympanic dexamethasone combined with prednisone have a higher likelihood of hearing recovery than those treated with prednisone alone.

OBJECTIVE To explore the latency characteristics of speech evoked auditory brainstem response(speech-ABR)from healthy Chinese adults by different stimulation intensities and its significance in neural encoding of speech in the brainstem. METHODS ABRs to speech syllables of 32 subjects were recorded in four stimulus intensities varied from 20 to 80 dB SPL by 20 dB steps, under 11.1/s stimulus rate. A set of featured waves were determined under these intensities, and then the characteristics of their latencies were analyzed. RESULTS A series of featured waves were observed starting from onset response(including V and A waves), transitional C wave, then following frequency-following responses(FFRs), and the offset O wave. As the reduction of stimulus intensity, the latencies of speech-ABR delayed significantly(P

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Objective:To investigate the speech-evoked brainstem response (speech-ABR) of normal young people under different recording periods,which can provide the experimental evidences for researches on the stability of speech-ABR and promote its applications in clinical researches.Methods:40 healthy young people were randomly divided into two groups,which were tested following the same protocol at different time of two months interval.Latencies and amplitudes of the feature peaks in these groups were compared and the rates of appearance (detection rate) of the feature peaks were analyzed statistically.Results:Speech-ABRs were recorded successfully in two groups.The latencies and amplitudes of feature peaks in these groups were not different statistically,and the detection rates of V,A,C and F peaks were higher than others.Conclusion:The speech-ABRs of the two groups are stable,and the V,A,C and F peaks can be used as important indicators of clinical observation,showing that Speech-ABR is a promising tool in the study of Speech perception mechanism.

Objective:To explore value of 256-slice spiral CT pulmonary artery angiography (CTPA)evaluating right heart function in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE).Methods:According to death risk assessment of APE patients, a total of 67 APE patients were divided into high risk APE group (n=41)and non-high risk APE group (n=35).CTPA was used to analyze and compare CTPA obstructive index and right heart function indexes between two groups.Correlations among CTPA obstructive index and right heart function indexes were also analyzed.Results:Compared with non-high risk APE group,there were significant rise in CTPA constructive index [8.58% vs.24.69%],percentages of straight or left protruded ventricular septum (31.46% vs.73.17%)and bronchial artery dilation (5.71% vs.24.69%);Except the supe- rior vena cava diameter,the rest right heart function parameters had difference significance in two groups,P<0.05 or<0.01. Spearman correlation analysis indicated that CTPA obstructive index was significant positively correlated with right ventricular maximal short axis (RVMSA),RV:LV,diameters of main pulmonary artery,superior vena cava and azygos (r=0.684~0.954),and significant inversely correlated with LVMSA (r=-0.786),P<0.01 all.ROC curve analysis indicated that AUCs of CTPA RV:LV (0.949)was the biggest diagnosing APE severity.Conclusion:Right heart func- tion indexes measured by multi-detector CT are accurate and practical indexes evaluating APE severity,and it possesses im- portant significance.

AIMTo investigate the complexation of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) with hydroxylpropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-beta-CD) in aqueous solutions, inclusion molar ratio of the host and guest molecules and change of thermodynamic parameters during the complexation process.

METHODSThe measurements of the complexation mechanism, inclusion molar ratio of the host and guest molecules and change of thermodynamic parameters were carried out by the following methods separately: phase solubility method, UV absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, equimolar series method and thermodynamic method, respectively.

RESULTSThat all the phase solubility diagrams showed a typical AL-type in various pH buffered solutions, suggested the formation of a soluble complex of 1:1 molar ratio. Both UV absorption spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy confirmed that the significant interaction between the host and guest molecules was probably due to the inclusion of chromophore moiety of PGE1 molecule into the hydrophobic cavity of HP-beta-CD molecule. The change in the thermodynamic parameters suggested that the complexation could proceed spontaneously along with the release of heat and the decrease of entropy.

CONCLUSIONAn 1:1 molar ratio inclusion complex of PGE1 with HP-beta-CD could be formed spontaneously and, hence, the solubility of PGE1 in aqueous solution increased. Appropriate temperature and suitable media pH probably favor the progress of complexation procedure.

2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin ; Alprostadil ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Solubility ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; methods ; Temperature ; beta-Cyclodextrins ; administration & dosage ; chemistry

Objective To-identify the factors associated with radiation-induced liver disease (RILD) and to describe the probability of RILD using the Lyman normal tissue complication(NTCP) model for primary liver carcinoma(PLC) treated with hypofractionated conformal therapy (CRT).Methods A total of 109 PLC patients treated with hypofractionated CRT were prospectively followed according to the Child-Pugh classification for liver cirrhosis,93 patients in class A and 16 in class B.The mean dose of radi- ation to the isocenter was (53.5?5.5) Gy,fractions of (4.8?0.5) Gy,with interfraction interval of 48 hours and irradiation 3 times per week.Maximal likelihood analysis yielded the best estimates of parameters of the Lyman NTCP model for all patients;Child-Pugh A and Child-Pugh B patients,respectively.Results Of all the patients,17 developed RILD (17/109),8 in Child-Pugh A(8/93 ) and 9 in Child-Pugh B(9/ 16).By multivariate analysis,only the Child-Pugh Grade of liver cirrhosis was the independent factor (P= 0.000) associated with the developing of RILD.The best estimates of the NTCP parameters for all 109 pa- tients were n=1.1,m=0.35 and TD_(50) (1)=38.5 Gy.The n,m,TD_(50) (1) estimated from patients with Child-Pugh A was 1.1,0.28,40.5 Gy,respectively,compared with 0.7,0.43,23 Gy respectively,for patients with Child-Pugh B.Conclusions Primary liver cancer patients who possess Child-Pugh B cirrho- sis would present a significantly greater susceptibility to RILD after hypofractionated CRT than patients with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis.The predominant risk factor for developing RILD is the severity of hepatic cirrhosis in the liver of PLC patients.