Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus by Larry E. Humes, Lois M. Joellenbeck, and Jane S. Durch

Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus by Larry E. Humes, Lois M. Joellenbeck, and Jane S. Durch

($59.95 ATA Members / $62.95 Non-Members)

Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, presents findings on the presence of hazardous noise in military settings, levels of noise exposure necessary to cause hearing loss or tinnitus, risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus, the timing of the effects of noise exposure on hearing, and the adequacy of military hearing conservation programs and audiometric testing.

The book stresses the importance of conducting hearing tests (audiograms) at the beginning and end of military service for all military personnel and recommends several steps aimed at improving the military services’ prevention of and surveillance for hearing loss and tinnitus. 338 pages, soft cover.