Individuals with near-normal low frequency hearing sensitivity and considerable hearing loss above 2000 Hz are dissatisfied with traditional hearing aids due to either over amplification in low frequencies or occlusion effect. RIC hearing aids are favored due to small size, discrete appearance and ability to minimize occlusion....

The book titled \"Understanding Play Therapy\" is a quite good and handy literature for learning, teaching and practicing play therapy on children, adolescents, adults as well as persons with special needs. It provides good information in relation to historical foundation upto current status of play therapy....

The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of clear speech perception by sensori- neural hearing impaired individuals and to find out the acoustic properties contributing to these enhanced perception abilities. Seventeen acquired stable sensori-neural hearing impaired individuals were recruited for the study....

This work is an effort to determine the Key performance Indicators (KPIs) for Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing Industries.The KPIs are integral part of Balance Score Card approach....

The increase of food borne infections has initiated considerable research interest towards the discovery of potent antimicrobial agents. However, the recent negative consumer perception against artificial preservatives, has shifted the research effort towards the development of alternatives that consumers perceive as naturals....

Fermentation is one of the oldest and most widespread methods of preserving foods, particularly milk. Acid production is not the only contributor to the antimicrobial activity, but bacteriocins play a major role in the inhibitory activity....

All our body organs are not like the brain, heart or the lungs. Something is also there which we wear on the otside. Skin is our largest organ—adults carry some 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) and 22 square feet (2 square meters) of it. This fleshy covering does a lot more than make us look presentable....

Orthodontic anchorage is defined as resistance to unwanted tooth movement. During orthodontic treatment the teeth are exposed to forces and moments, and these acting forces always generate reciprocal forces of the same magnitude but opposite in direction....

Retention is the phase of orthodontic treatment which maintains the teeth in their orthodontically corrected positions following the cessation of active orthodontic tooth movement....

Medically compromised children and adults are increasingly likely to seek orthodontic care as improved medical management creates more long-term survivors....

Having a clear vision for what a healthy occlusal outcome for dentistry is priceless, and the same is true for occlusal therapy. This clear vision, along with defined goals, will allow the clinician to make clear decisions during diagnosis....

Myogenous temporomandibular disorders (or masticatory myalgia) are characterized by pain and dysfunction that arise from pathologic and functional processes in the masticatory muscles....

Research is a scientific and systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic. In fact, research is an art of scientific investigation. Research is an academic activity and as such the term should be used in a technical sense....

Condylar head inclination proved to be the most significantly correlated condylar characteristics to facial morphology. Hypodivergent pattern is dominant in Class II malocclusion. Symphysis width dimension also vary in different Class II malocclusion....

Functional appliances are considered to be primarily orthopedic tools to influence the facial skeleton of the growing child in the condylar and sutural areas....