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Table 1 Comparison of speech intelligibility 6 years after PET, between patients studied with and without anesthesia. No significant differences were observed

From: Feasibility of 15O-water PET studies of auditory system activation during general anesthesia in children

Age group

Anesthesia during PET

Percent understanding

Of mono-syllables

Of numbers

HSM sentence test

In silence

In 10 dB

Adults

No

54 ± 36

80 ± 33

70 ± 32

43 ± 38

Children

Yes

75 ± 11

98 ± 4

82 ± 20

37 ± 30

  1. HSM Hochmair-Schulz-Moser, dB decibel
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