Accession Number:
ADA272381
Title:
An Evaluation of the U.S. Air Force's Detailed Follow-Up Audiometric Examination Program
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1993-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
3.0
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.
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Subject Categories:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medicine and Medical Research
- Statistics and Probability