Active Duty - U.S. Army Noise Induced Hearing Injury Surveillance, Calendar Years 2008-2012

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD/DoD) Hearing Conservation Working Group, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), the Army Institute of Public Health of the U.S. Army Public Health Command, and the DOD Hearing Center of Excellence collaborated to develop new DOD and individual Services Noise-Induced Hearing Injury(NIHI) surveillance data summaries. The purposes of these NIHI data summaries areas follows: To present and summarize available Army medical surveillance data for use in NIHI prevention program and policy planning, includingDefining the relative impact of NIHI among U.S. Army Active Duty personnel in the total Army and at individual Army installations, Providing Army 5-year injury rates and trends, Identifying demographics most closely associated with NIHI incidence. Monitor progress-based metrics for reducing the NIHI morbidity burden overtime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2014
Accession Number
AD1013099

Entities

People

  • Karen Deaver
  • Shane Hall
  • Sharon Beamer
  • Thomas Helfer

Organizations

  • United States Army Public Health Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Age Groups
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Hearing Loss
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Situational Awareness
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Therapy
  • Tinnitus

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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