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Impact of noise on hearing in the military
Hearing plays a vital role in the performance of a soldier and is important for speech processing. Noise-induced hearing loss is a significant impairment in the military and can affect combat performance. Military personnel are constantly exposed to high levels of noise and it is not surprising that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26045968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-015-0034-5 |
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author | Yong, Jenica Su-ern Wang, De-Yun |
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description | Hearing plays a vital role in the performance of a soldier and is important for speech processing. Noise-induced hearing loss is a significant impairment in the military and can affect combat performance. Military personnel are constantly exposed to high levels of noise and it is not surprising that noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus remain the second most prevalent service-connected disabilities. Much of the noise experienced by military personnel exceeds that of maximum protection achievable with double hearing protection. Unfortunately, unlike civilian personnel, military personnel have little option but to remain in noisy environments in order to complete specific tasks and missions. Use of hearing protection devices and follow-up audiological tests have become the mainstay of prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. This review focuses on sources of noise within the military, pathophysiology and management of patients with noise induced hearing loss. |
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spelling | pubmed-44559742015-06-05 Impact of noise on hearing in the military Yong, Jenica Su-ern Wang, De-Yun Mil Med Res Review Hearing plays a vital role in the performance of a soldier and is important for speech processing. Noise-induced hearing loss is a significant impairment in the military and can affect combat performance. Military personnel are constantly exposed to high levels of noise and it is not surprising that noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus remain the second most prevalent service-connected disabilities. Much of the noise experienced by military personnel exceeds that of maximum protection achievable with double hearing protection. Unfortunately, unlike civilian personnel, military personnel have little option but to remain in noisy environments in order to complete specific tasks and missions. Use of hearing protection devices and follow-up audiological tests have become the mainstay of prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. This review focuses on sources of noise within the military, pathophysiology and management of patients with noise induced hearing loss. BioMed Central 2015-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4455974/ /pubmed/26045968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-015-0034-5 Text en © Yong and Wang; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Review Yong, Jenica Su-ern Wang, De-Yun Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title | Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title_full | Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title_fullStr | Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title_short | Impact of noise on hearing in the military |
title_sort | impact of noise on hearing in the military |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26045968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-015-0034-5 |
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