Noise and Military Service

Larry E. Humes, Lois M. Joellenbeck, and Jane S. Durch, Editors, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Overview of the Problem and Introduction; 4 2 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss; 5 3 Noise and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Military; 6 4 Tinnitus; 7 5 Responding to Noise Risks: Hearing Conservation Programs in the Military; 8 6 Reports of Audiometric Testing in Service Medical Records of Military Veterans; 9 7 Conclusions and Comments; 10 Appendix A Legislative Language from Public Law 107-330; 11 Appendix B Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings; 12 Appendix C Definitions; 13 Appendix D Summary Tables on Epidemiological Studies; 14 Appendix E Results from Alternative Analyses of Data on Reports of Audiometric Testing in Service Medical Records; 15 Appendix F Selected Sources of Information on Sound Pressure Levels Measured in and Around Military Systems and Equipment; 16 Appendix G Department of Defense Hearing Conservation Report Forms; 17 Appendix H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members