Military service has long been known to cause hearing loss and tinnitus damage to troops of all forces

In September 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies released Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus.


Hearing loss and tinnitus are among the most common forms of disability among military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reported that at the end of fiscal year 2003, disabilities of the auditory system, including tinnitus and hearing loss, were the third most common type of disability among compensated veterans.

 

At the end of 2004, the monthly compensation payments to veterans with hearing loss as their major form of disability represented an annualized cost of some $660 million. The corresponding compensation payments to veterans with tinnitus as their major disability were close to $190 million on an annualized basis.

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However, determining whether a veteran’s hearing loss or tinnitus is attributable to prior military service can pose a challenge for the VA if documentation of hearing thresholds or tinnitus during military service is not available.

 

After the fact, hearing loss or tinnitus incurred during military service is difficult to distinguish from the effects of subsequent work in a noisy industry or participation in noisy recreational activities, such as hunting.

 

Furthermore, high-frequency hearing losses, which are typical of noise exposure, are also seen at older ages, although the patterns of age- and noise-related hearing loss are generally indistinguishable until 60 to 70 years of age.

 

Tinnitus, too, may develop in response to factors other than noise exposure (e.g., head injury, middle ear diseases, exposure to certain medications).

Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

Hearing loss, tinnitus, and other auditory complaints among military veterans are common and costly, with more than 75,000 cases of auditory impairment among new recipients of VA compensation in 2003, and estimated payments at an annual rate of $850 million at the end of 2004 to veterans with hearing loss and tinnitus as their major disability.

 

The Institute of Medicine carried out a study mandated by Congress and sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide an assessment of several issues related to noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with service in the Armed Forces since World War II.

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