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Hearing loss is biggest disability among military veterans, expert says
Ahead of Veterans Day, an audiologist offers hearing safety tips for America's vets
Angelica Stabile By Angelica Stabile Fox News
Published November 9, 2024 4:30am EST
 

Audiologist offers tips for veterans to protect their hearing health
As thousands of wounded warriors and military veterans battle disabilities and injuries every day, the most common ailment often gets overlooked.

Tinnitus, or ringing in the ear, is the leading disability in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to Dr. Tom Tedeschi, chief audiology director for Amplifon Hearing Health Care.

Utah-based Tedeschi, who is also a Vietnam-era Army veteran, shared with Fox News Digital how prevalent hearing loss and complications are among the veteran community.
 

About 60% of Vietnam veterans and 50% of Gulf War veterans suffer from hearing loss, according to the expert.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/hearing-loss-biggest-disability-among-military-veterans-expert-says
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Re: Hearing loss is biggest disability among military veterans, expert says
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2024, 01:47:57 pm »
My hearing aids will attest to it. :yowsa:
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address