Research Catalog

Title

Noise and military service : implications for hearing loss and tinnitus / Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present, Medical Follow-up Agency ; Larry E. Humes, Lois M. Joellenbeck, and Jane S. Durch, editors.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Humes, Larry.
• Joellenbeck, Lois M. (Lois Mary), 1963-
• Durch, Jane.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present.

Description

xviii, 320 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

People serving in the military will, at some point, be exposed to high-intensity noise of various types. Some may develop hearing loss, especially for high-frequency sounds, or tinnitus ("ringing in the ears"), or both, as a result of their noise exposure. Hearing loss or tinnitus incurred or aggravated during military service may qualify verterans for services and financial compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Since World War II, the human and financial cost associated with hearing loss among military veterans have repeatedly drawn attention to noise, hearing loss, and the need for hearing conservation in military settings.

Subjects

• Tinnitus
• Tinnitus > Etiology
• Veterans > Health and hygiene
• Noise > adverse effects
• Acoustic trauma
• Deafness, Noise induced
• Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
• Deafness > Etiology
• Military Personnel
• Noise > Health aspects
• Soldiers > Health and hygiene

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

System Details (note)

• System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Contents

1. Overview of the problem and introduction -- 2. Noise-induced hearing loss -- 3. Noise and noise-induced hearing loss in the military -- 4. Tinnitus -- 5. Responding to noise risks : hearing conservation programs in the military -- 6. Reports of audiometric testing in service medical records of military veterans -- 7. Conclusions and comments -- App. A. Legislative language from P.L. 107-330 -- App. B. Agendas for information-gathering meetings -- App. C. Definitions -- App. D. Summary tables on epidemiological studies -- App. E. Results from alternative analyses of data on reports of audiometric testing in service medical records -- App. F. Selected sources of information on sound pressure levels measured in and around military systems and equipment -- App. G. Department of defense hearing conservation report forms -- App. H. Biographical sketches of committee members.

ISBN

• 0309099498
• 030965307X

LCCN

2005030236

OCLC

• ocm62129160
• SCSB-5220581

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries