Story by Robert Hammer | Defense Health Agency | 06.23.2025
A service member is concerned about ringing in the ears and small vision defects, especially about how the issues may affect mission readiness. Experts from the Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen and Vision Center of Excellence answer questions about tinnitus in the ears and floaters in the eyes....
Story by Ken Cornwell | Defense Health Agency | 10.10.2024
New clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense tinnitus CPG team will offer better care for patients....
Story by Douglas Holl | Defense Health Agency | 05.15.2024
Hearing problems—such as hearing loss and tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears—are the leading conditions for service-connected disability compensation. To prevent these conditions, the military requires routine hearing readiness testing which has been limited by the use of specialized booths. To increase testing ability, military audiology experts have conducted a pilot program to......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson | 59th Medical Wing | 05.09.2024
Two medical professionals at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center share how their life experiences led them to careers in Audiology. For May's "Better Speech and Hearing Month," they encourage service members to protect their hearing....
Story by Jean Graves | Medical Readiness Command, West | 02.08.2023
FORT POLK, La. — Lt. Col. Leanne Battler, chief of public health and doctor of audiology, hosted a “Lunch and Learn” lecture Feb. 7 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, tinnitus is the number-one disability among veterans, has increased significantly in recent years for active-duty personnel, and affects......
Courtesy Story | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 02.07.2023
According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 10 percent of the adult population of the United States has experienced tinnitus in the past year - that’s more than 25 million people. This health condition is a concern to the broader population, but it also can adversely impact Soldier readiness. The Hearing Conservation and Readiness Branch of the Defense Centers for Public......
Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 03.10.2022
Tinnitus is a symptom of hearing loss that causes people to hear a constant noise – typically described as a ringing or buzzing – even in the quietest settings....
Story by Warren Duffie | Office of Naval Research | 01.31.2017
Hearing loss and tinnitus (commonly referred to as ringing in the ears) are among the most common disability claims submitted to the Veterans Administration. To counteract this threat, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the development of a new app to help warfighters learn about hearing protection on their mobile Android devices—and snap close-up selfies of themselves wearing......
