Active Duty- U.S. Army Noise-Induced Hearing Injury Quarterly Surveillance: Q1 2010 Thru Q2 2012

Abstract

Since 2012 the Department of Defense (DOD) Hearing Conservation Working Group, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) formerly the AFHS Center (AFHSC), the Army Public Health Center (Prov) (APHC) (formerly the Army Institute of Public Health) and the DOD Hearing Center of Excellence have collaborated to develop new standard DOD and individual Services Noise-Induced Hearing Injury (NIHI) surveillance quarterly data summaries, including data on frequency and rates of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), significant threshold shift (STS), noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and tinnitus. The objectives of these NIHI data summaries are: To present and summarize available medical surveillance data for use in NIHI prevention program and policy planning, including defining the relative impact of NIHI among Active Duty personnel and at individual installations, providing multi-year injury rates and trends, and identifying demographics most closely associated with NIHI incidence. To monitor progress-based metrics for reducing NIHI morbidity burden over time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 2014
Accession Number
AD1013117

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • United States Army Public Health Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ear
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Hearing Loss
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Tinnitus
  • United States Central Command

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Naval Personnel Management