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Auditory brainstem responses to air- and bone-conducted chirp stimuli in newborns and young adults.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Over the past half a century, considerable effort has been dedicated to the development of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programs across the United States. Newborn hearing screenings have progressed from ...
PI3K mediated activation of GSK‑3β reduces at‑level primary afferent growth responses associated with excitotoxic spinal cord injury dysesthesias
(2015-06-21)
Background
Neuropathic pain and sensory abnormalities are a debilitating secondary consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI). Maladaptive structural plasticity is gaining recognition for its role in contributing to the ...
EHR and Cost: Is "Meaningful Use" Meaningfully Reducing Health Care Costs?
(2015)
The United States of America is one of the top spenders on health care per capita in the world; in 2013, we spent twice as much as France, a country known for having quality health care for its citizens (OECD, 2013). As a ...
Lexical diversity in Parkinson’s disease
(2015-03-02)
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative syndrome of the basal ganglia (BG) believed to disrupt cortical-subcortical pathways critical to motor, cognitive and expressive language function. Recent studies ...
Auditory and visual sustained attention on tasks with varied motivation and cognitive loads in children with and without ADHD.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common condition that can make tasks difficult for the children affected, particularly in a school environment. Continuous performance tasks are one means of evaluating ...