Hearing Changes After NS Training: What to Report
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Archive backfill: Added on 15 September 2026 for this archive date. Official sources were checked on 15 September 2026; this article does not establish what policy said on the earlier archive date. NSVault is unofficial.
If your hearing suddenly changes, tell your commander or training staff and seek medical attention immediately. Do not wait for book-out to see whether a major change disappears.
The US National Institutes of Health's sudden-deafness guidance treats sudden hearing-loss symptoms as a medical emergency and advises seeing a doctor immediately. This is a clinical urgency reference, not an SAF administrative rule or a diagnosis of what caused your symptoms.