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2024-11-10 Science & Technology

Hearing loss is biggest disability among military veterans, expert says

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 What??

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-11-10 04:11|| 2024-11-10 04:11|| Front Page Top

#2 The 'eeeeeeeeeeeee' that I hear 24/7/365 almost drowns out all conversation. It seems to get worse/louder in a noisy crowd. Naturally, nothing can be done. But no 'psychotic rage' here thankfully. I think.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-11-10 06:42|| 2024-11-10 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Military grade tinnitus

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2024-11-10 07:08|| 2024-11-10 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Artillery, armor, 55K generators, gee, wonder what it could be?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-10 08:20|| 2024-11-10 08:20|| Front Page Top

#5 All them loud bangs add up.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-11-10 08:31|| 2024-11-10 08:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, but try to get disability for hearing loss from the VA is like a pursuit resulting in a 'myth of Sisyphus' type result. Alas

Posted by illeagle 2024-11-10 09:13|| 2024-11-10 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Re: #6: I received 10% for my hearing, but on a more practical level, state of the hearing aids as well as all consumables. A bigger surprise was the call to make an app’t about 5 years later; VA audiologist said I needed new units. Why, these are working fine. So new bluetooth enabled units arrived. Suspect that VA, like all gov’t agencies, has a ‘use it or lose it’ budget philosophy.
Don’t get me wrong, they gave me back what 26 years of playing with airplanes took away.
The day we ( a group of about 7) got our first units (tailored for each person’s needs) we are sitting around a table. Someone slid the attendance sheet my way to sign and I had to play with it; hadn’t realized that soft sound of the paper on the table had been missing in my world. While the 10% won’t make me rich, the hearing aids are the next best thing to not experiencing hearing loss at all.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2024-11-10 10:07|| 2024-11-10 10:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Hell, I've got tinnitus from construction (bridges, pile driving, heavy equipment) so I have no doubt mil-types have it

Posted by Frank G 2024-11-10 10:13|| 2024-11-10 10:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Mine are from 35 years in machine shops.

Posted by badanov 2024-11-10 10:25|| 2024-11-10 10:25|| Front Page Top

#10 The Phonak V90's are State of the art. The VA gets them wholesale for less than $400.

Posted by Difar Dave 2024-11-10 12:49|| 2024-11-10 12:49|| Front Page Top

#11 My old man was in the Navy WW2 and manned a AA gun.

How did any of those guys hear anything? A 30-06 rifle firing 6 inches from your head would be plenty to knock out the audio.

Posted by alanc 2024-11-10 14:51|| 2024-11-10 14:51|| Front Page Top

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