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Hearing Center of Excellence looking for NOISE study volunteers
October 11, 2018 — The 59th Medical Wing, in partnership with the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, is conducting a Noise Outcomes in Service members study at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Dr. Rozela Melgoza, Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence research audiologist at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, completes a study participant's puretone air conduction thresholds to evaluate the entire auditory pathway. Puretone audiometry is one of several tests completed during the 59th Medical Wing’s, in partnership with the HCE, Noise Outcomes in Service members Epidemiology study to help researchers examine and better understand how the long-term progression of hearing impairment and tinnitus among active duty service members is related to military and post-military exposures.

Research network works to combat number one disability claim among veterans
May 8, 2018 — The Collaborative Auditory & Vestibular Research Network, or CAVRN, was formed to bring together researchers with an auditory research focus to discuss current research efforts across the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs enterprises, providing unique opportunities for collaboration... MORE

Senior Airman Michelle Reidel, an Air Transportation specialist assigned to the 30th Aerial Port Squadron, Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, N.Y., wears her hearing and eye protection on the flight line before an aircraft unloading during Exercise Global Medic, Fort McCoy, Wis., July 20, 2013.