Donald R. Ciliax Ph.D.
The purpose of this unclassified presentation is to bring to the attention of the Army Audiology community current and planned health promotion efforts by the Army National Guard’s Office of the Chief Surgeon. During the ten-year period that began in 2006 and that runs through 2015, the Army National Guard will forge a strategic health campaign directed at Soldier readiness and deployability, addressing such topics as oral health and blood pressure awareness. In the year 2010, the Decade of Health initiative will focus on Vision and Hearing Readiness! What a golden opportunity this presents to Army Hearing Conservation to partner with our occupational health and preventive medicine colleagues in the National Guard, leveraging our existing resources to promote hearing readiness among every Soldier. This presentation will highlight ways in which the Army and the Army National Guard can begin working together to bring greater emphasis on reducing noise-induced hearing loss. Let’s get onboard with this preventive effort!