[The use of acoustic stimuli for assessing fetal status ante- and intranatally].

Modified acoustic fetal stimulation test was used in 311 pregnant and parturient women. The technique of acoustic stimulation at the end of pregnancy and at the beginning of labor is described. Specific features of fetal cardiac activity in response to stimuli in health and intrauterine suffering were detected. The modification of acoustic stimulation of the fetus was found to be an informative method of functional diagnosis in clinical perinatology. The test permits obtaining supplementary information on the fetal status and helps detect chronic intrauterine hypoxia at the early stages of its development.