Factors Predicting Subjective Satisfaction for Successful Hearing Aid Adaptation by Jeong Hun Jang, Jungho Ha, Oak-Sung Choo, Young Sook Kang, Hun Yi Park, Yun-Hoon Choung

“…The relationship between audiometric data and subjective questionnaires under unaided and aided (3 months) conditions were investigated. (3) Results: Patients with symmetric HL showed a significant HINT signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) change and significant increase in their subjective satisfaction questionnaire score under the bilateral HA condition. …”
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Stability of Film-Forming Dispersions: Affects the Morphology and Optical Properties of Polymeric Films by Maria Gabriela De Paola, Rosy Paletta, Catia Giovanna Lopresto, Giuseppe Emanuele Lio, Antonio De Luca, Sudip Chakraborty, Vincenza Calabrò

“…Indeed, it identifies the phenomena of destabilization and phase separation before their visibility to the unaided eye. This work aimed to study whether the homogeneous/inhomogeneous morphology of films could be forecast by the analysis of profiles obtained in the dispersed phase. …”
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Inhibitory control and value-directed strategic attention in persons with mild age-related hearing loss by Shraddha A. Shende, Elizabeth A. Lydon, Fatima T. Husain, Raksha A. Mudar

“…Methods: This study examined group differences in cognitive control between 20 older adults with unaided mild ARHL and 20 age- and education-matched normal hearing (NH) controls using inhibitory control and value-directed strategic attention tasks. …”
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Case Report: TRPV4 gene mutation causing neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, type VIII by Fengge Wang, Xuemei Jin, Yongning Zhu, Shuli Jiang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yanping Wang, Dongmei Man, Fuling Wang

“…Although possessing normal cognitive function, he cannot walk unaided. Computed radiography findings reveal pelvic tilt, bilateral knee joint valgus, and bilateral clubfoot. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of intracameral lidocaine and tropicamide injection in manual small-incision cataract surgery: A prospective clinical study by Ketaki T Bhat, Surendra P Wadgaonkar, Ashish A Undre, Aarti S Heda

“…Mild pain and discomfort was noted in 12 cases (37.5%). Postoperative day 1 unaided visual acuity was in the range of 6/18–6/12 for all patients and grade 1 iritis was seen in 7 cases (21.8%) which was self-limiting. …”
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An Ankle-Foot Orthosis with a Variable-Resistance Ankle Joint Using a Magnetorheological-Fluid Rotary Damper by Hisashi NAITO, Yasushi AKAZAWA, Kensuke TAGAYA, Takeshi MATSUMOTO, Masao TANAKA

“…In this respect, walking was better than unaided walking or walking using the iAFO with a resistance torque fixed at the highest level. …”
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Ecological Problems of the Region as the Base for Foundation of an English-Speaking Communicative Competence by Kulzhanat Bulatbayeva, Guzaliya Fahrutdinova, Gayni Dlimbetova, Sandugash Moldabekova, Kulzhakhan Bakirova

“…Currently, in the context of an active unaided entry of Kazakhstan into the global community, there is an acute challenge of increasing the number of people who speak English. …”
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Psychological well-being and coping strategies among secondary school teachers: A cross-sectional study by Chinthana Rajesh, Lena Ashok, Chythra R Rao, Veena G Kamath, Asha Kamath, Varalakshmi Chandra Sekaran, Virupaksha Devaramane, V Thippe Swamy

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in government, aided, and unaided schools of Udupi, a coastal district in Southern India. …”
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Optimal search strategies for identifying mental health content in MEDLINE: an analytic survey by Haynes R Brian, Wilczynski Nancy L

“…When MEDLINE is searched unaided, key articles are often missed while retrieving many articles that are irrelevant to the search. …”
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Effectiveness of Aural-Oral Approach Based on Volubility of a Deaf Child with Late-Mapping Bilateral Cochlear Implants by Paris Binos, Elena Theodorou, Thekla Elriz, Kostas Konstantopoulos

“…The child (CY, 7;0 years old) with a mean unaided pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss >80 dB HL was assessed by using an assessment battery. …”
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Task-oriented training and exer-gaming for improving mobility after stroke: a randomized trial by Arshad Nawaz Malik, Tahir Masood

“…Method: The randomised controlled trial was conducted from January 2016 to March 2017 at the Physical Rehabilitation Department of Pakistan Railways General Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and comprised patients 40-70 years with stroke history of at least 3 months who had the ability to stand unaided. The subjects were randomised into virtual reality training group A and task-oriented training group B. …”
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Lung cancer screening with computer aided detection chest radiography: design and results of a randomized, controlled trial. by Peter J Mazzone, Nancy Obuchowski, Michael Phillips, Barbara Risius, Bana Bazerbashi, Moulay Meziane

“…Both of the cancers were seen by the radiologist unaided and were identified by the CAD chest radiograph. …”
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E-commerce product recommendation system by Mody, Kimisha Piyush.

“…It is no longer feasible for the customer to filter through the vast array of products available unaided, to quickly find those that are most interesting and relevant. …”
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A review of surgical and audiological outcomes of bonebridge at tertiary centres in Malaysia by Tang, Ing Ping, Ngui, Ling Xiu, Narayanan, Prepageran

“…There was no significant change in mean unaided air conduction and bone conduction thresholds pre and post operatively from 500 to 4000kHz, with a difference of less than 5dB (p>0.05). …”

CRISPR/Cas12a-based approaches for efficient and accurate detection of Phytophthora ramorum by Yufang Guo, Hongming Xia, Tingting Dai, Tingli Liu, Simon Francis Shamoun, Wu CuiPing

“…Early and accurate detection of the causal pathogen P. ramorum is crucial for effective prevention and control of Sudden Oak Death.MethodsIn this study, we developed a P. ramorum detection technique based on a combination of recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) with CRISPR/Cas12a technology (termed RPACRISPR/ Cas12a).ResultsThis novel method can be utilized for the molecular identification of P. ramorum under UV light and readout coming from fluorophores, and can specifically detect P. ramorum at DNA concentrations as low as 100 pg within 25 min at 37°C.DiscussionWe have developed a simple, rapid, sensitive, unaided-eye visualization, RPA CRISPR/Cas12a-based detection system for the molecular identification of P. ramorum that does not require technical expertise or expensive ancillary equipment. …”
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Pedicled Rectus Femoris Flap for Restoration of Suprapatellar Quadriceps Tendon and Defect Coverage after Multiple Reconstruction Attempts—A Case Report and Literature Review by Andrzej Hecker, Nikolaus Watzinger, Anna-Lisa Pignet, Marlies Schellnegger, Patrick Reinbacher, Werner Girsch

“…Results: Three months after reconstruction, both patients were able to walk freely, unaided. After a six-month follow-up, the free passive mobility of the knee joint was restored, and the active extension of the knee joint was possible in both patients. …”
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Evaluation of impulse noise reduction in hearing aids with technical measurements and ratings of discomfort by Husstedt Hendrik, Hilgerdenaar Wiebke, Frenz Marlitt, Denk Florian, Tchorz Jürgen

“…All subjects rated the discomfort unaided, and the hearing-impaired subjects also while successively wearing all six hearing aids with and without activated INR. …”
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Congenital Nonprofound Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children: Comprehensive Characterization of Auditory Function and Hearing Aid Benefit by Erik Berninger, Maria Drott, Mircea Romanitan, Lisbeth Tranebjærg, Sten Hellström

“…The congenital SNHL revealed recruitment, increased upward spread of masking, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) dependent on PTT (≤60 dB HL), reduced auditory brainstem response (ABR) amplitude, and normal magnetic resonance imaging. Unaided recognition of speech in spatially separate competing speech (SCS) deteriorated with increasing uncomfortable loudness level (UCL), plausibly linked to reduced afferent signals. …”
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Beliefs and behaviors associated with the first named heat wave in Seville Spain 2022 by Aaron Metzger, Yuval Baharav, Lilly Nichols, Megan Finke, Breahnna Saunders, Peter Mitchell, Gregory A. Wellenius, Kathy Baughman McLeod, Kurt Shickman

“…Our analysis of the post-survey of 2022 adults indicated that the 6% of participants who recalled the name Zoe unaided reported greater engagement in heat wave safety behaviors and more positive beliefs about naming heat waves and their local governments’ heat wave response. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Audiological Efficacy of Cartilage Conduction Hearing Aids and the Factors Influencing Their Clinical Application by Bei Li, Sinyoung Lee, Zuwei Cao, Takuji Koike, Robin Joseph, Tamsin Holland Brown, Fei Zhao

“…There was no significant difference in the synchronised unaided hearing thresholds across individual frequencies between 0.5 and 4.0 kHz. …”
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