Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, focuses on various digital transformations within manufacturing units that help them improve their connections and networks, leading to better product evaluation according to the diversified and changing market. Connections are at the heart of the golden age: the link between a company and its related departments, people and products, and global relationships between consumers, suppliers, and producers. All stakeholders must communicate effectively and agree on best practices to ensure smooth daily operations and prompt problem resolutions to maximise the power and potential of such connections. Inculcating and reviewing the applications of Industry 4.0 aspects in a Chemical Industry is the subject of this paper. The paper would assist enterprises in understanding how digitalisation will help them increase production efficiency and integrate their business. It also explains the various enabling technologies under Industry 4.0 that help capture process data from industrial devices, connectivity for data captured, and business intelligence tools to convert that data into impact. This paper also emphasises the challenges associated with promoting Industry 4.0. Methodologies for putting the fourth revolution strategy into action in the chemical industry would be efficiently carried out as a result of this.
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Cochlear implantation is an established procedure for patients with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. CI may, in some implantees, have a detrimental impact on vestibular function. Auditory brainstem implantation is a safe and effective procedure in children with bilateral cochlear and cochlear nerve aplasia. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of cochlear implantation and auditory brainstem implantation on the vestibular function.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> Three hundred and twenty patients who underwent CI surgery over a four years period from November 2016 to November 2020 were studied for symptoms of vestibular disturbance. Twenty three patients complained of giddiness and underwent vestibular function testing including videooculography, caloric test and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. 48 patients with cochlear and cochlear nerve aplasia underwent ABI surgery from September 2009 to March 2019. The correlation between the size of the flocculus and the presence of vestibular symptoms was studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After CI, vestibular disturbances were seen in 23 patients (7.2%) and were transient. In auditory brainstem implantees, vestibular disturbances were seen in eight patients (16.7%) and were found to correlate with the size of the cerebellar flocculus.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Vestibular disturbances are rare after cochlear and auditory brainstem implant surgery. During CI, the preservation of vestibular function should be attempted using minimally invasive techniques. ABI surgery requires meticulous dissection, especially of a large cerebellar flocculus to minimize the possibility of vestibular disturbances.<strong></strong></p>
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