Introduction Although existing auditory injury prevention standards benefit warfighters, the
Department of Defense could do more to understand and address auditory injuries (eg …

A series of articles discussing advanced diagnostics that can be used to assess noise injury
and associated noise-induced hearing disorders (NIHD) was developed under the umbrella …

Although a causal relationship exists between military occupational noise exposure and
hearing loss, researchers have struggled to identify and/or characterize specific operational …

Three different automated procedures for efficiently measuring the 500 Hz N 0 S π binaural
tone detection threshold of individuals with normal audiometric thresholds were tested with …

Purpose: The Masking Level Difference (MLD) has been used for decades to evaluate the
binaural listening advantage. Although originally measured using Bekesy audiometry, the …

ABSTRACT Introduction “Good hearing”(DoDI 6030.03 6.5&6. 6) is a combat multiplier,
critical to service members' lethality and survivability on the battlefield. Exposure to an …

Introduction This prospective, multi-site, observational study describes ongoing efforts in
support of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 734 …

Abstract Service members who have trouble performing military hearing-critical tasks (ie,
identifying and localizing sounds and communicating with limited visual information) could …