Journal article
Impact of Tinnitus on Military Service Members
Military medicine, v 184(3-4), pp 604-614
01 Mar 2019
PMID: 30901434
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Abstract
Objectives The Noise Outcomes in Servicemembers Epidemiology (NOISE) Study is obtaining longitudinal data to evaluate the effects of noise and other exposures on auditory function in military personnel. A gap in the literature is the lack of studies concerning how active-duty Service members might be impacted by having tinnitus. The present study reports NOISE Study data that address this gap.
Methods Data are reported from current Service members and recently-separated (within 2.5 years) Veterans, enabling a direct comparison of results between active and post-military samples. Data were collected from two sites: VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR and Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, San Antonio, TX. Participants completed comprehensive audiometric testing and numerous questionnaires.
Results Results are presented from n = 428 participants across the two sites, including 246 Veterans and 182 Service members. The data reveal that, for both Service members and Veterans, the presence of tinnitus has effects on job performance, concentration, anxiety, depression, and sleep.
Conclusions This study has revealed that, for these samples of study participants, tinnitus has an impact on military Service members that is comparable to how it affects Veterans who have completed their military service within the previous 2.5 years.
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- Title
- Impact of Tinnitus on Military Service Members
- Creators
- James A. Henry - VA Portland Health Care SystemSusan E. Griest - VA Portland Health Care SystemCody Blankenship - VA Portland Health Care SystemEmily J. Thielman - VA Portland Health Care SystemSarah M. Theodoroff - VA Portland Health Care SystemTanisha Hammill - United States Department of DefenseKathleen F. Carlson - VA Portland Health Care System
- Publication Details
- Military medicine, v 184(3-4), pp 604-614
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs C9230C / VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Portland Health Care System in Portland, OR, USA C9247S / Research Career Scientist Award from VA Rehabilitation Research & Development (RRD) Service PR121146; W81XWH-17-1-0020 / Department of Defense Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs; United States Department of Defense
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Audiology - Distance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000462761100086
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85063658961
- Other Identifier
- 991022058602904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Otorhinolaryngology