Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics || Appendix 8 Hearing Loss

✍ Scribed by Heard, Brian J.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 112 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0470694602
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470694589.app8

✦ Synopsis

Appendix 8 Hearing Loss

Hearing loss amongst fi rearms examiners is a major problem. Those regularly fi ring sawn -off 12 -bore shotguns and high -powered military or hunting rifl es are particularly at risk, for no matter what hearing protection is utilized, each shot will produce some permanent damage.

Before delving further into this subject, some background information on how the inner ear works is appropriate.