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Quantifying a Soldier's Hearing Readiness Classification, as well as determining the extent of injury from noise exposure, requires a more thorough evaluation than monitoring audiometry. Delivering these clinical services as far forward on the battlefield as possible is critical to providing leaders with Soldier hearing status information and limits unnecessary loss of duty time incurre... (more)
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For many years, the Hearing Conservation Program served as the flagship for the prevention of Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). This primarily garrison-focused program is instrumental in preventing NIHL mostly in industrial settings. Although some Soldiers work in industrial-based settings, hearing conservation efforts are primarily directed at our civilian workforce.
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Hearing readiness (HR) is a process to ensure that Soldiers have the required hearing capability and personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, for readiness, deployment, lethality and survivability. The purpose of HR is to identify early changes in hearing, and to provide education, individual counseling, and refit hearing protection to prevent further damage to hearing. ... (more)
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Maintaining normal hearing ability is a critical concern for Soldiers, since effective communication depends on normal hearing. This is especially true in operational environments where both hazardous and nuisance noise is prevalent. A Soldier with normal hearing, exposed to the explosion from an IED, for example, could instantly lose enough hearing to immediately become comb... (more)
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