Attrition of U.S. military enlistees with waivers for hearing deficiency, 1995-2004.

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  • David W Niebuhr
  • Yuanzhang Li
  • Timothy E Powers
  • Margot R Krauss
  • David Chandler
  • Thomas Helfer
چکیده

BACKGROUND Hearing deficiency is the condition for which accession medical waivers are most commonly granted. The retention of individuals entering service with a waiver for hearing deficiency has not been previously studied. METHODS Military retention among new enlistees with a medical waiver for hearing deficiency was compared with that among a matched comparison group of fully qualified enlistees. Comparisons according to branch of service over the first 3 years of service were performed with the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method and proportional-hazards model. RESULTS Army subjects had significantly lower retention rates than did their fully qualified counterparts. In the adjusted model, Army and Navy enlistees with a waiver for hearing deficiency had a significantly lower likelihood of retention than did their matched counterparts. DISCUSSION The increased likelihood of medical attrition in enlistees with a waiver for hearing loss provides no evidence to make the hearing accession standard more lenient and validates a selective hearing loss waiver policy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Military medicine

دوره 172 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007