The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue

Hasanat Alamgir; Caryn A. Turner; Nicole J. Wong; Sharon P. Cooper; Jose A. Betancourt; James Henry; Andrew J. Senchak; Tanisha L. Hammill; Mark D. Packer

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The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue

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- The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue
- Military Medical Research Vol. 3, Issue 3, Pages: 153-161(2016)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Deptartment of Health Policy and Management, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
  2.School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
  3.National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, 3710 SW US Veteran Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
  4.Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
  5.Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, 59MDW/SG02O, 2200 Bergquist Drive, Suite 1, JBSA Lackland, TX 78236, USA
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  *: abul.h.alamgir@uth.tmc.edu
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- Published：2016-09
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Hasanat Alamgir, Caryn A. Turner, Nicole J. Wong, et al. The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue[J]. Military Medical Research, 2016, 3(3): 153-161.
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Hasanat Alamgir, Caryn A. Turner, Nicole J. Wong, et al. The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue[J]. Military Medical Research, 2016, 3(3): 153-161. DOI：

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Abstract

The objectives of this review were to 1) summarize the available evidence on the impact of hearing loss on quality of life (QOL) among U.S. active-duty service members

2) describe the QOL instruments that have been used to quantify the impact of hearing loss on quality of life

3) examine national population-level secondary databases and report on their utility for studying the impact of hearing loss on QOL among active-duty service members

and 4) provide recommendations for future studies that seek to quantify the impact of hearing loss in this population. There is a lack of literature that addresses the intersection of hearing impairment

the military population

and quality of life measures. For audiological research

U.S. military personnel offer a unique research population

as they are exposed to noise levels and blast environments that are highly unusual in civilian work settings and can serve as a model population for studying the impact on QOL associated with these conditions. This review recommends conducting a study on the active-duty service member population using a measurement instrument suitable for determining decreases in QOL specifically due to hearing loss.

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