The Occurrence of Hearing Loss in a Cohort of Civilians Employed at a U.S. Navy Industrial Facility.

Abstract

Although hearing loss has been the focus of national surveys in the civilian population, these surveys typically do not include occupational exposure information. Furthermore, very few studies have addressed this problem in the military, particularly in industrial settings. Audiometric data, including hearing loss information, recorded and stored in the prototype application of the Navy's Occupational Health Information Management System (NOHIMS) has not been systematically evaluated to identify military and civilian populations that are at high risk for hearing loss. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hearing loss in a cohort of Navy civilian workers employed at an industrialized facility. It is both appropriate and timely to look at hearing loss among civilian workers, as well as among the military, especially in relation to the recent Presidential initiative that established a government-wide five year goal of reducing civilian workplace injury/illness three percent per year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 18, 1986
Accession Number
ADA180300

Entities

People

  • Carig M. Bone
  • Christopher G. Blood
  • James C. Helmkamp
  • Jan B. Kelley
  • Joyce H. Seidman

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambient Noise
  • California
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Civilian Population
  • Databases
  • Environment
  • Health Services
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Hearing Loss
  • Language
  • Medical Personnel
  • Monitoring
  • Navy
  • Noise
  • Personnel Management
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
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