TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Heritage of Army Audiology and the Road Ahead: The Army Hearing Program
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - McIlwain, D. Scott
A1  - Gates, Kathy
A1  - Ciliax, Donald
SP  - 2167
EP  - 2172
VL  - 98
IS  - 12
N2  - Noise-induced hearing loss has been documented as early as the 16th century, when a French surgeon, Ambroise Pare, wrote of the treatment of injuries sustained by firearms and described acoustic trauma in great detail. Even so, the protection of hearing would not be addressed for three more centuries, when the jet engine was invented and resulted in a long overdue whirlwind of policy development addressing the prevention of hearing loss. We present a synopsis of hearing loss prevention in the US Army and describe the current Army Hearing Program, which aims to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in soldiers and to ensure their maximum combat effectiveness.  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.128504
ID  - ref1
ER  -