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The objective of this study was to examine Army hearing conservation data to estimate the prevalence of self-reported bothersome tinnitus as a function of age, hearing, sex, service component, and pay grade.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Method:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The study employed a cross-sectional, retrospective design. Records from 1,485,059 U.S. Army Soldiers retrieved from the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System\u2013Hearing Conservation were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression analysis were used to estimate the prevalence of bothersome tinnitus and its associations with Soldiers' demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The estimated prevalence of self-reported bothersome tinnitus was 17.1% between January 1, 2015, and September 30, 2019; 13.6% of the Soldiers reported \u201cbothered a little\u201d and 3.5% reported \u201cbothered a lot.\u201d Proportionally, the prevalence of self-reported bothersome tinnitus was higher for males, older Soldiers, and Reserve Component Soldiers. For every 1-year increase in age, the odds of self-reporting \u201cbothered a little\u201d tinnitus relative to \u201cbothered not at all tinnitus\u201d would be expected to increase by 2.2% (2.1%, 2.3%), and the odds of self-reporting \u201cbothered a lot\u201d tinnitus relative to \u201cbothered not at all\u201d tinnitus would be expected to increase by 3.6% (3.5%, 3.7%).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The self-reported prevalence of bothersome tinnitus in the U.S. Army (17.1%) is substantially higher than that of the general population, where prevalence of bothersome tinnitus is estimated at 6.6%. Examination of bothersome tinnitus among Soldiers is an important step toward optimizing prevention, education, and intervention efforts.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1044\/2022_aja-22-00201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T22:33:07Z","timestamp":1679351587000},"page":"323-333","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Prevalence of Self-Reported Bothersome Tinnitus in U.S. Army Soldiers From January 1, 2015, Through September 30, 2019"],"prefix":"10.1044","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"LaGuinn P.","family":"Sherlock","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hearing Conservation and Readiness Branch, U.S. Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD"},{"name":"Audiology and Speech Pathology Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kelly J.","family":"Gibson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8139-8839","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel S.","family":"Talian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hearing Conservation and Readiness Branch, U.S. Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD"},{"name":"Audiology and Speech Pathology Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deborah C.","family":"Lake","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hearing Conservation and Readiness Branch, U.S. Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1310","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1044\/jslhr.4305.1168"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3233\/RNN-140433"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamaoto.2016.1700"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbr.2014.04.043"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1044\/1092-4388(2005\/084)"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/milmed\/usy328"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/AUD.0000000000000045"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamaneurol.2022.2189"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0040-1715975"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_11_1","volume-title":"R: A language and environment for statistical computing (Version 4.0.0) [Computer software]","author":"R Core Team","year":"2020","unstructured":"R Core Team. 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