Effect of firing on hearing of soldiers
Phase 1
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/08/015465
- Lead Sponsor
- DRDO Oo DGAFMS New delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
300 newly recruited soldiers in the Indian army (from regimental centres in the station) will be included and evaluated following their first firing practice
Exclusion Criteria
Those with any current or past history of hearing problems, history of systemic diseases, history of using ototoxic drugs, previous excessive exposure to noise, ototoxic chemicals or abnormal hearing results (hearing threshold more than 20 dB) and with middle ear abnormality on otoscopy will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage of people developing reversible and irreversible hearing loss post noise exposure after firing exposure.Timepoint: Pre and post noise exposure ( 2 hrs and 7 days post firing)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of 2 hearing tests-Pure tone audiometry and Distortion product otoacoustic emissions.Timepoint: Pre and post noise exposure ( 2 hrs and 7 days post firing)