assessment of impulse noise level and acoustic trauma in military personnel

Assessment of Impulse Noise Level and Acoustic Trauma in Military Personnel

BACKGROUND Military personnel are usually exposed to high levels of impulse noise (IN) which can lead to hearing loss. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of relatively low level exposure of impulse noise (IN) during shooting practice on hearing using pure tone audiometry (PTA) and transiently evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) in military personnel. MATERIALS AN...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Effects of impact noise on the hearing of military personnel.

UNLABELLED Shooting is an activity that exposes military personnel to noise impact, which may cause irreversible effects on hearing. OBJECTIVE To evaluate impact noise on the hearing of military personnel that practice shooting. STUDY DESIGN A case-control retrospective study. METHODS 115 military personnel were enrolled; 65 had been exposed to impact noise and 50 were non-exposed. Firear...

[Assessment and analysis of the acoustic environment of soldiers exposed to impulse noise].

The aim of the study was to assess the acoustic environment of soldiers attending a one year basic military service. The study material comprised 13 types of weapons used by this group of soldiers. During the target practice, the following parameters were measured separately for the right ear and the left ear: equivalent sound pressure level A (LA eq, Te); maximum sound pressure level A (LA F m...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Burnout in Military Personnel