|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix E
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
Page 299 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page 299
Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Appendix E
Results from Alternative Analyses of Data on Reports of Audiometric Testing in Service Medical Records
Chapter 6 reports the results of a review of service medical records to assess the availability of audiometric test records dating from a service member’s entry into and separation from military service. The analysis reported in Chapter 6 used a ±60-day window around entry and separation dates to determine the percentage of service medical records in which these audiometric records were present. To assess the effect of the ±60-day window, an alternative analysis was conducted using a ±120-day window. The results of that alternative analysis are shown below.
TABLE E-1 Percentages of Service Medical Records (95% Confidence Intervals) with Reports of Audiometric Examinations Within 120 Days of Entry into Active Duty (n = 3,212)
Branch
Before 1950
1950–1969
1970–Regulation Date
Regulation Date–1993
1994–2002
Army
1 (0–2)
10 (5–14)
45 (39–52)
42 (36–49)
54 (48–60)
Air Force
*
27 (17–37)
43 (36–50)
43 (37–50)
43 (36–50)
Marine Corps
0
17 (7–28)
48 (41–56)
62 (55–69)
76 (71–82)
Navy
1 (0–4)
11 (5–17)
48 (41–55)
66 (59–72)
76 (71–81)
*Fewer than 40 records in denominator.
NOTE: The time periods reflect the era of the service member’s release from active duty.
OCR for page 300
Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
TABLE E-2 Percentages of Service Medical Records (95% Confidence Intervals) with Reports of Audiometric Examinations Within 120 Days of Release from Active Duty (n = 3,226)
Branch
Before 1950
1950–1969
1970–Regulation Date
Regulation Date–1993
1994–2002
Army
3 (0–6)
16 (10–21)
52 (45–59)
47 (40–54)
34 (28–40)
Air Force
*
41 (30–51)
49 (42–56)
38 (31–45)
17 (12–22)
Marine Corps
0
4 (0–9)
65 (57–72)
69 (62–76)
60 (54–66)
Navy
0
11 (5–17)
61 (54–68)
67 (61–74)
66 (61–72)
*Fewer than 40 records in the denominator.
TABLE E-3 Percentages of Service Medical Records (95% Confidence Intervals) with Reports of Audiometric Examinations Within 120 Days of Entrance into and Release from Active Duty (n = 3,210)
Branch
Before 1950
1950–1969
1970–Regulation Date
Regulation Date–1993
1994–2002
Army
1 (0–2)
7 (3–11)
28 (22–34)
22 (16–27)
19 (14–23)
Air Force
*
23 (14–33)
25 (19–31)
16 (11–21)
9 (5–13)
Marine Corps
0
2 (0–6)
38 (31–45)
44 (37–51)
51 (45–57)
Navy
0
2 (0–5)
33 (26–40)
46 (39–53)
52 (46–58)
*Fewer than 40 records in the denominator.
NOTE: The time periods reflect the era of the service member’s release from active duty.
Representative terms from entire chapter:
neck surgery