Study of the Use of Hearing Protection Equipment in the Occurence of Acute Acoustic Trauma in the Army (QPROTEC)

Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acoustic Trauma

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04804982

2020-A03519-30 (Other Identifier)

2020PBMD06

Details and patient eligibility

About

Each year, military epidemiological surveillance counts approximately 1,000 acute acoustic injuries. Most are caused by exposure to weapon noise during training sessions while military personnel are provided with hearing protection. Several hypotheses could explain the occurrence of acute acoustic trauma despite wearing protections:

• A lack of practices or knowledge about the use of hearing protection equipment that could facilitate the occurrence of acute acoustic trauma (improper fitting, use of an inappropriate type of protection, dropping of protectors, inappropriate removal)
• A failure to seal the external ear canal due to an inappropriate plug size. These hypotheses will be explored using a questionnaire distributed to a population of Army soldiers training to shoot.

The main objective is to determine the predictive factors corresponding to practices or knowledge related to the use of hearing protection equipment in the occurrence of acute acoustic trauma in a population of Army soldiers.

Enrollment: 394 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be a member of the Army
• Having performed at least one shooting session in the last 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to read and/or write in French language