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Objectives: To evaluate the role of intrapartum vibroacoustic stimulation (VAST) and cardiotocography (CTG) for the prediction of neonatal outcome. Materials and methods:One hundred and twenty-five patients in labor with cephalic presentation were selected and subjected to CTG and VAST was done further to find out whether fetus is reactive or nonreactive and findings were correlated with the fetal outcome.Results: VAST is a good predictor of fetal well being. It is less time consuming, inexpensive and technically easy to perform. In developing countries, where fetal scalp blood sampling is not available in all institutions, VAST can effectively be used as a clinical tool to compliment abnormal CTG traces for better prediction of fetal outcome.