Saunders Gabrielle H, Griest Susan E
National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Noise Health. 2009 Jan-Mar;11(42):14-21. doi: 10.4103/1463-1741.45308.
Currently, there are more than 445,000 veterans receiving compensation for hearing loss associated with military service, and 395,000 receiving compensation for service-related tinnitus. In addition to compensation payments, service-related hearing disorders cost the US Department of Veterans Affairs in terms of provision of hearing aids, hearing aid-related services, and clinical services at its 220 facilities nationwide. It is imperative that hearing conservation among military personnel and veterans be addressed. In this paper, we describe the rationale for and the development of a multimedia Hearing Loss Prevention Program aimed at preventing the progression of hearing loss among veterans associated with social, recreational, and nonmilitary occupational noise exposure. The program was developed based on the principles outlined in the Health Belief Model of Rosenstock (1966) and the Health Promotion Model of Pender et al. (2002).
目前，有超过44.5万名退伍军人因与军事服役相关的听力损失获得补偿，39.5万人因与服役相关的耳鸣获得补偿。除了补偿金支付外，与服役相关的听力障碍还给美国退伍军人事务部带来了成本，这些成本体现在为全国220个机构的退伍军人提供助听器、与助听器相关的服务以及临床服务方面。解决军事人员和退伍军人的听力保护问题势在必行。在本文中，我们描述了一个多媒体听力损失预防项目的基本原理和开发情况，该项目旨在防止退伍军人因社交、娱乐和非军事职业噪音暴露而导致听力损失的进展。该项目是根据罗森斯托克（1966年）的健康信念模型和彭德等人（2002年）的健康促进模型中概述的原则开发的。
