Warfighter Auditory Situation Awareness: Locating the Shooter with and without Hearing Protection

Abstract

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most common military disability. One third of soldiers from Iraq and Afghan theaters have NIHL. The hearing-impaired warfighter may pose a liability to himself and others in combat operations. Warfighters have little confidence in, and won t use hearing protection devices (HPDs) that compromise their situational awareness. Critical decisions about HPED selection to maintain warfighter auditory situation awareness must anticipate all major subtask components of that complex task. This study compares various HDPs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA552153

Entities

People

  • John G. Casali
  • John P. Keady
  • Kristen Talcott
  • Mead Killion

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Combat Operations
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Errors
  • Experimental Design
  • Field Tests
  • Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Protection
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Situational Awareness
  • Sound Transmission
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.