Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309099493)

The Institute of Medicine carried out a study mandated by Congress and sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide an assessment of several issues related to noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with service in the Armed Forces since World War II. The resulting book, Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, presents findings on the presence of hazardous noise in military settings, levels of noise exposure necessary to cause hearing loss or tinnitus, risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus, the timing of the effects of noise exposure on hearing, and the adequacy of military hearing conservation programs and audiometric testing. The book stresses the importance of conducting hearing tests (audiograms) at the beginning and end of military service for all military personnel and recommends several steps aimed at improving the military services' prevention of and surveillance for hearing loss and tinnitus. The book also identifies research needs, emphasizing topics specifically related to military service.

Author: Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
ISBN-10: 0309099498
ISBN-13: 9780309099493
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2006
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.10w x 0.73d