The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss Study

Details

• Journal Article:
  Mil Med
• Personal Author:
  Cooper, Sharon P. ; Alamgir, Hasanat ; Whitworth, Kristina W. ; Gorrell, Natasha S. ; Betancourt, Jose A. ; Cornell, John E. ; Delclos, George L. ; Douphrate, David I. ; Gimeno, David ; Marko, Dritana ; Kim, Sun-Young ; Sagiraju, Hari K. R. ; Tucker, David L. ; Whitehead, Lawrence W. ; Wong, Nicole J. ; Hammill, Tanisha L. ; Senchak, Andrew J. ; Packer, Mark D.
• Description:
  Although studies have examined the relation between military-related noise and hearing, comprehensive data to calculate rates of hearing loss across all Services and to determine economic impact are lacking. The goal of the multiphase Department of Defense (DoD) Epidemiologic and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss (DEEBoHL) project is to examine rates of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury, relevant noise exposures, and to determine the economic burden of these outcomes to the DoD and Service Members. The DoD Hearing Center of Excellence is supporting the following Phase I specific aims, among active duty Service Members to (1) calculate rates of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury, and (2) develop a framework for the DoD to conduct comprehensive economic burden studies for hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury. The study is led by a multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and The Geneva Foundation, with guidance from experts who make up the study advisory board. In this article, we focus on an overview of the DEEBoHL study, the methods for the first aim of this effort, and describe future plans for the study.
• Subjects:
  Health Care Costs Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Military Personnel Noise, Occupational Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Research Design Safety
• Keywords:
  Military personnel; Economic impact; Noise induced hearing loss; Noise exposure; Hearing impairment; Occupational exposure; Epidemiology
• Source:
  Mil Med. 179(12):1458-1464
• Pubmed ID:
  25469968
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8855867
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  T42 OH008421/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14 pdf pages
• Volume:
  179
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065251
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:963a7cb09f34369df5007edc1326b343d120b3a99552386ed125fce67f06f550d7563a435e7a9b6698e54638d3c86b9da689e2cc46942eb85cd33a828cdf7a67
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114599/cdc_114599_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.44 MB ]