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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – An annual hearing analysis under the Hearing Conservation Readiness Program is now being extended to prevent further hearing loss across the Corps.
The purpose of the recently released Marine Administrative Message 010/12 is to ensure “100-percent hearing-readiness” and will do so by mandating active duty units to conduct hearing readiness stand-downs within the next four months.
“Hearing loss can be caused by many things,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jadione L. Graham, a corpsman at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton 52 Area Branch Medical Clinic. “It can be anything from loud noises to not wearing ear protection properly, or it can just happen naturally.”
Exposure to working environments with hazardous noise may be detrimental to a service member’s hearing and may affect employability, job performance and even job retention according to the MARADMIN.
Since hearing loss can lead to the disqualification of a service member’s current duties, the annual Hearing Conservation Readiness Program is being implemented to monitor the effects occupational noises have on a hearing.
“Hearing loss is progressive, painless and permanent,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon W. Kuhlengel, a corpsman at the NHCP 52 ABMC. “However, it is entirely preventable.”
Methods to prevent or minimize hearing loss can be as simple as wearing ear protection or early detection through the hearing conservation test said Graham.
“We use the [Defense Occupational Health Readiness System] and [service members] get two attempts to pass it, ” said Graham.
An additional follow-up test may be taken for those with depleted hearing. Results will be forwarded for review by an audiologist with the Hearing Conservation Program in the case of a decrease in hearing still being present.
Active-duty unit service members that do not have a current or valid hearing test on record are required to receive this test within 120 days of the MARADMIN’s release and reserve units have 180 days to complete the test.
To complete the hearing exam, Marines and sailors should make an appointment with their local area branch medical clinic.
| Date Taken: | 01.25.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 01.25.2012 21:32 |
| Story ID: | 82841 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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