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A study by audiologist Thomas M. Helfer and others found significant higher rates of post-deployment noise-induced hearing loss injury among U.S. Army soldiers after exposure to combat-related noise than among soldiers who had not served in combat. Researchers found that soldiers sent to battle zones were 52.5 times more likely to suffer auditory damage.
The article, published in the December 2005 issue of the American Journal of Audiology (AJA) won a 2006 ASHA Editor's Award. To access the article, visit http://aja.asha.org/cgi/reprint/14/2/161.
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