The early Toarcian (~183 Ma) was characterized by a prominent volcanism-induced warming event associated with massive addition of 12C-enriched carbon to the ocean-atmosphere system. This likely contributed marked ocean deoxygenation during this time, giving its name: Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE). Although T-OAE has been recognized globally, clear geographic differences in character and environm...

ABSTRACT Introduction: People with epilepsy frequently complain of poor memory. Objective: To assess the occurrence memory complaints in older adults (OAE) and whether it is associated clinical variables, objective cognitive performance, quality life (QoL). Methods: The Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q) was related to Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E), Quali...

PURPOSE This article is the 1st in a series of 4 articles on a recently completed multistate study of newborn hearing screening. METHOD The study examined the efficacy of the 2-stage otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response (OAE/A-ABR) protocol for identifying hearing loss in newborns. RESULTS The study found that the 2-stage OAE/A-ABR protocol did miss a significant numbe...

Olmesartan is a commonly used antihypertensive medication belonging to the class of angiotensin II receptor blockers. Though generally well-tolerated, olmesartan can rarely cause olmesartan-associated enteropathy (OAE) with non-bloody diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal pain, and vomiting. Patients may develop months years after drug initiation. In severe cases, patients complications that require...

OBJECTIVE To compare the hearing and otoacoustic emissions (OAE) outcome of stapedotomy employing 0.4 and 0.6 mm diameter prostheses. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 18 patients with otosclerosis participated in a prospective, double-armed, randomized cohort study. All the patients underwent small fenestra drill stapedotomy employing the Causse fluroplastic large loop piston prostheses. The p...

OBJECTIVES To develop normative data for wideband middle-ear reflectance in a newborn hearing-screening population and to compare test performance with 1-kHz tympanometry for prediction of otoacoustic emission (OAE) screening outcome. DESIGN Wideband middle-ear reflectance (using both tone and chirp stimuli from 0.2 to 6 kHz), 1-kHz tympanometry, and distortion-product (DP) OAEs were measured...