These 5 Facts About Veterans and Hearing Problems Might Surprise You

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These 5 Facts About Veterans and Hearing Problems Might

Surprise You

When considering post-combat injuries in

veterans, PTSD, missing limbs, and brain

damage may come to mind. What many

often don’t consider is hearing loss as a

severe combat injury. Check out these 5

surprising facts about hearing loss among

veterans to learn more.

The number one injury soldiers suffer from combat is loss of hearing. –

Hearing loss is even more common than PTSD (post-traumatic stress

disorder). IEDs (improvised explosive devices) can cause hearing damage

just as much as commonplace military noise can. Tinnitus and hearing loss,

both short- and long-term, are also often caused by loud engines of war

such as planes, warships, and combat tanks as well as loud weapons and

bombs. Veterans of the post-9/11 conflicts are the most affected population

in terms of hearing loss. An astounding 414,000 veterans serving post-9/11

have returned home with mild to severe tinnitus or hearing loss.

Veterans have been found to be more susceptible to loss of hearing than

those who haven’t served in the military. – Veterans are 30 percent more

likely than nonveterans to suffer hearing loss of the severe kind. Even more

concerning is that among those who served from September 2001 to March

2010, veterans were four times more like to suffer hearing loss than

nonveterans.

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Hearing loss may be more prevalent now than it was for

soldiers in the past. – With the advent of improvised explosive devices and

more powerful combat technology, more veterans are coming home with

hearing loss than their predecessors. Field generators, “bunker buster”

bombs, and loud transportation such as helicopters can be deafening.

Unfortunately, many of the soldiers who come home with loss of hearing do

not seek help. – Experts say that too few returning soldiers who suffer

tinnitus or hearing loss go to a hearing specialist or audiologist upon

returning home – they often live simply live with the problem. Incredibly,

the average time between someone noticing hearing damage and getting

help for it is 7 years.

Neuroscience innovations may be a way to alleviate severe tinnitus. – Some

scientists assert that low serotonin levels may be linked to how severe a

person’s tinnitus can be. Low serotonin can cause insomnia, depression, and

anxiety. Tinnitus therapies combined with antidepressants have aided some

veterans who are chronic sufferers of tinnitus.





















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These 5 Facts About Veterans and Hearing Problems Might Surprise You