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Fetal vibroacoustic stimulation test: features of the stimulus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Robert M Abrams ,
Kenneth J Gerhardt ,
Douglas S Richards  and
Aemil JM Peters
Robert M Abrams*
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, USA Communiction Processes and Disorders, Pediatrics, University of Florida, USA
Kenneth J Gerhardt
Affiliation:
Communication Processes and Disorders, University of Florida, USA.
Douglas S Richards
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, USA
Aemil JM Peters
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, USA
*
Address for correspondence: Robert M Abrams PhD, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PO Box 100294, Gainesville, FL 32610–0294, USA
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Fetal reactivity to acoustic stimulation is a long-recognized phenomenon. Obstetrical interest in this phenomenon is usually considered to have begun with peiper’s report in 1925 of marked fetal movements following a pulsed, loud sound. Occasional attention to the subject was given in the subsequent five decades. Read and Miller are often credited with writing the first comprehensive clinical study of the usefulness of acoustic stimulation in evaluating fetal health. A clear finding in this study was the correlation between an abnormal contraction stress test and faliure of the fetus to respond to stimulation.

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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 87 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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