Comprehensive hearing health program (cHHP)

Noise is the most prevalent hazardous exposure faced by all Service members, regardless of occupation or specialty. The DoD Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE) is spearheading hearing health initiatives that focus on the total population of U.S. Service members, regardless of their daily job-related noise exposure. The HCE’s Comprehensive Hearing Health Program (CHHP) is comprised of annual education, protection, and monitoring. All three of these components are required to create positive individual and organizational behavior change toward protection of hearing as a life-long priority.

Implementation of CHHP across the DoD and VA helps promote hearing as a critical sense that is worthy of protection and preservation over the course of a lifetime

It’s a noisy world, protect your hearing.

Educate

This component focuses on promoting individual and organizational change through hearing health promotion. The HCE is promoting the CHHP educational products to increase Service member awareness and understanding of the devastating effects of noise and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), which is an invisible injury. Military and veteran facilities can download the educational materials via HCE website link to the Pueblo Government Publishing Office at Pueblo GPO, (upper right corner of HCE website). All of the materials are available for high resolution download. Simply click on the blue text for each item on the Pueblo site and a copy will be downloaded to your computer..

Protect

This component involves the individual fitting and wear of hearing protection devices (HPDs) for individuals who are exposed to hazardous noise at work and at home. Service members are fitted annually with HPDs and provided individual counseling about the importance of proper wear and use of HPDs whenever exposed to hazardous noise.

Monitor

This component includes annual hearing surveillance, which is vital to hearing loss prevention. The purpose of annual monitoring is to ensure Service members maintain hearing health through-out their military career and lifetime

Chhp materials list

All of the below forms are available for high resolution download or order at the Pueblo GPO site. Simply click on the blue text for each item on the Pueblo site and a copy will be downloaded to your computer.

PRODUCT #	CHHP Educational Packets
	Type/Size
	*POSTERS*
HCE-805	Deepest Wounds Are Invisible - Arm Your Ears
HCE-810	Don't Be the Weak Link
HCE-811	Hearing Loss Impacts Career, Family, and Social Life
HCE-812	Hearing Loss is a Silent Epidemic (Among Veterans)
HCE-807 (11X17)	Hearing Loss is Preventable
HCE-803	How Loud is Too Loud?
HCE-802	Interpreting the Audiogram
HCE-816	Look Tug Listen
HCE-809	Only Fear What You Cannot Hear
HCE-814 (11X17)	They Need a Role Model
HCE-800	Turn Down the Volume
HCE-808	You Are Not Fit, Unless Your Ears Are
HCE-844	How We Hear
HCE-845	Hearing Health: It's a Family Matter
HCE-846 (11x17)	Evolution of Hearing Protection Devices
HCE-847 (11x17)	Isolation of Hearing Loss Don’t Be Left Out
HCE-848 (24x28)	HPD PosterGuidebook
HCE-858 (11x17)	Noise-Induced Hearing Loss is on the Rise Nationwide Poster
	*VIDEOS*
HCE-830	HCE TCAPS video --Service Members (Operational Video)
	PSAs (longer versions, all looped)
HCE-836	Hearing and Military Service
HCE-836	Hearing Loss and Quality of Life	All 4 on Same
HCE-836	Hearing Awareness	DVD
HCE-836	Importance of Hearing in the Military
	*BROCHURES*
HCE-820	HCE/CHHP Trifold-Hearing Loss Prevention
HCE-840	Heaing Loss Prevention-Veterans
HCE-849	Tinnitus Brochure
HCE-852	Patient Engagement Brouchure
HCE-853	Comprehensive Hearing Health Care Patient Brouchure
	*FLIP CHARTS*
HCE-822	Topic One: Clinical Provider Flip Chart
HCE-823	Topic Two: Hearing Health Provider (Prevention) Flip
	*SLICK SHEETS*
HCE-827	Aid Your Hearing (HAs and ALDs)
HCE-826	It's a Balancing Act
HCE-824	Hearing as a Critical Sense
HCE-825	Noise Hazards
HCE-855	Overview of HCE
HCE-857	Assistive Listening Devices-Fact Sheet

chhp milbook

Comprehensive Hearing Health Program (CHHP) milBook

The Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE) leads efforts to prevent hearing loss through adoption of education tools like the Comprehensive Hearing Health Program (CHHP). The CHHP is a triad approach to enhancing hearing healthcare. To be effective, it requires education, monitoring, and protection elements. All components work together to create positive individual and organizational behavior change toward hearing loss prevention. Implementing the CHHP at your local organization will ensure service members receive the necessary hearing health information and services to help them increase their knowledge and awareness of hearing health.

The CHHP milBook (CAC-enabled) site contains educational materials that you can use in promoting hearing as a critical sense worthy of protection and preservation over the course of a lifetime.

Instructions on how to access the CAC-enabled milBook site are in the below document.

CHHP milBook Access Instructions

Prevention

Quick Fact

Noise that’s too loud, too close, or that lasts too long can damage the inner ear and cause noise-induced hearing loss, or NIHL.