AN EVALUATION OF THE UNITED-STATES-AIR-FORCES DETAILED FOLLOW-UP AUDIOMETRIC EXAMINATION PROGRAM

Authors
MEYER GD WIRTH DB
Citation
Gd. Meyer et Db. Wirth, AN EVALUATION OF THE UNITED-STATES-AIR-FORCES DETAILED FOLLOW-UP AUDIOMETRIC EXAMINATION PROGRAM, Military medicine, 158(9), 1993, pp. 603-605
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
158
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
603 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1993)158:9<603:AEOTUD>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The authors used information on individuals demonstrating permanent th reshold shifts contained in the United States Air Force Hearing Conser vation Data Registry to evaluate the effectiveness of detailed follow- up audiometric examinations as part of the USAF Hearing Conservation P rogram. 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 tr ue effect of these audiograms on the results of the next annual exam i s minuscule, if not zero.