Folkes S E
J R Army Med Corps. 1992 Jun;138(2):77-80. doi: 10.1136/jramc-138-02-04.
A cross sectional survey of 581 TA personnel from Wales, the Midlands and Scotland was performed. The aim was to determine their hearing levels, to attempt to relate any degree of noise induced hearing loss detected with military, occupational and leisure noise and to make recommendations to improve the existing Army Hearing Conservation Programme. Each subject answered a questionnaire, had a clinical examination of each ear and pure tone audiometry. The hearing acuity of the TA group as a whole was similar to the regulars in the lower H gradings but there was a worrying number of H4/8 (5.6%) who had not been picked up before on routine screening and would probably have been discharged if they were in the Regular Army.
对来自威尔士、中部地区和苏格兰的581名预备役军人进行了横断面调查。目的是确定他们的听力水平，尝试将检测到的任何程度的噪声性听力损失与军事、职业和休闲噪声联系起来，并提出改进现有陆军听力保护计划的建议。每个受试者都回答了一份问卷，接受了双耳的临床检查和纯音听力测定。预备役军人组作为一个整体，在较低的H级分级中听力敏锐度与正规军相似，但令人担忧的是，有5.6%的H4/8级人员在常规筛查中未被发现，如果他们是正规军，可能会被遣散。
