The potential risk of military service on hearing health and ear function is well documented.
The Hearing Center of Excellence focuses on the prevention and treatment of hearing loss and auditory injury among military personnel and veterans.
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Army audiologist demonstrates new hearing test system while deployed to Iraq.
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Policy
This Defense Health Agency-Procedural Instruction (DHA-PI):
a. Based on the authority of References (a) and (b), and in accordance with the guidance of References (c) through (r), establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures to establish common and uniform guidelines, standards, and procedures for all DoD MTFs providing hearing health services to beneficiaries through RACHAP. This program has been operating at self-selected MTFs without established DoD guidance.
b. Enables MTFs with capacity and capability to provide hearing aid evaluation, selection, fitting, and follow-up appointments utilizing an at cost Federal Government contract price through RACHAP to RACHAP-eligible beneficiaries (“RACHAP-eligible beneficiaries” defined in the Glossary).
c. Incorporates, cancels, and replaces Reference (s).
- Identification #: 6025.12
- Date: 7/12/2019
- Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
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Fact Sheet
6/17/2019
The Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System – Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC) is an information system designed to support personal auditory readiness and help prevent hearing loss through early detection.
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5/22/2019
The DoD recognizes May as Better Hearing and Vision Month
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5/15/2019
Schweitzer attributes his ability to hear to the world-class care he received at Walter Reed
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10/26/2018
October is National Audiology Awareness Month
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Hearing loss is the number one disability among veterans
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Exposure to certain chemicals, called ototoxicants, can cause hearing loss or balance problems
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Tinnitus and hearing loss have remained among the top disabilities of veterans
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9/30/2016
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Judith Bulkley, an electrical and environmental systems specialist deployed from the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., exits an A-10C Thunderbolt II after performing an external power operations check on the aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Because service members in particular are often exposed to high noise levels, hearing protection is crucial, especially with a TBI. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephen Schester)
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9/22/2016
Dr. Elizabeth Searing (right) makes initial adjustments via a computer to Lt. Col. James Morrison's cochlear implant. Dr. April Luxner, an audiologist with Cochlear Corporation, was on hand to witness Morrison's reactions to hearing with his right ear after 12 years of deafness. (U.S. Army photo by Jeff Troth)
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