Description of Hearing in 13 Groups of Air Force Personnel Who Routinely Work in Noise: January-June 1975

Abstract

This report describes the hearing of 34,091 military personnel within 13 Air Force Specialty (AFSC) known to constitute routine encounters with potentially hazardous noise. the smallest group contained 1049 persons, and the largest, 11,736. A total of 7678 (22.5%) of the entire sample revealed significant threshold shift. Cumulative percentages of annual audiograms along with median hearing levels are also described. The hearing levels in this study reveal that USAF use of significant threshold shifts to identify in the early stages, persons who are experiencing hearing shifts due to noise prevents significant hearing loss.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026086

Entities

People

  • Donald C. Gasaway
  • Harrell C. Sutherland

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Age Distribution
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Frequency
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Hearing Loss
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Officer Personnel
  • Specifications

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Occupational Health and Safety.