title: An evaluation of the U.S. Air Force's detailed follow-up audiometric examination program.
abstract: The authors used information on individuals demonstrating permanent threshold shifts contained in the United States Air Force Hearing Conservation Data Registry to evaluate the effectiveness of detailed follow-up audiometric examinations as part of the USAF Hearing Conservation Program. Analysis yielded a relative risk of 1.00 with a 95% confidence interval of 0.97-1.03, which indicates a high probability that the true effect of these audiograms on the results of the next annual exam is minuscule, if not zero.
authors.affiliation: United States Air Force Armstrong Laboratory, Occupational & Environmental Health Directorate, AL/OEM, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5114.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000295:instrumentation; D001305:Auditory Fatigue / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation; D008838:Microcomputers; D008889:Military Personnel; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012042:Registries; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation