Ear Drums Blown in War??  jay hans jayhans at mail.idt.net Sat
Jan 25 17:18:56 EST 1997  >My father is a veteran of both the
2nd World War and the Korean war and  >believes he had his ear
drums blown out during a severe mortar shelling  >in the Korean
war.  He is 76 yrs old and has suffered considerable  >hearing
loss in the last decade. The Pension Board disagrees, saying
>hearing loss would have occurred immediately after the
shelling. Is it  >possible that hearing loss later on in life
could be attributed to this  >earlier incident in the war? Any
professional opinions would be greatly   Do mean the VA ? I am
not sure what the "pension board" is. In either case, your
father would have noticed either his noise -induced hearing loss
or the loss of his eardrums at or soon after exposure. WHile he
probably did incur some hearing loss at the time, his current
state is probably due more to his age than his wartime exposure.
Just for the record, what has he done in the last 40-50 years
that was noisy ?  More in