Combat veterans going deaf
OPS_admin | Dec 20, 2009 | Comments 0
More than two-thirds of British troops returning from Afghanistan are suffering from severe and permanent hearing damage, according to the most comprehensive study into one of the less well-known side-effects of the conflict in Helmand.
Internal defence documents reveal that of 1250 Royal Marine commandos who served in Afghanistan, 69 per cent suffered hearing damage due to the intense noise of combat.
The findings indicate that complaints such as tinnitus or almost complete deafness among combat troops are considerably greater than previously reported.
One audiologist said the report revealed that hearing loss was endemic among Afghan veterans, with many suffering defects that could bar them from frontline service.
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