Influence of linguistic properties and hearing impairment on visual speech perception skills in the German language.

Visual input is crucial for understanding speech under noisy conditions, but there are hardly any tools to assess the individual ability to lipread.With this study, we wanted to (1) investigate how linguistic characteristics of language on the one hand and hearing impairment on the other hand have an impact on lipreading abilities and (2) provide a

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Supplementation with Spirulina platensis Prevents Damage to Rat Erections in a Model of Erectile Dysfunction Promoted by Hypercaloric Diet-Induced Obesity

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to achieve and/or maintain a penile erection sufficient for sexual satisfaction.Currently, many patients do not respond to the pharmacotherapy.The effects of a supplementation with Spirulina platensis, dome were evaluated in a model of ED induced by hypercaloric diet consumption.Wistar rats were divided in

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