Recognizing that hearing protection alone cannot prevent hearing loss among service members, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is studying ways to managing the problem with the hopes of eliminating it someday. The ONR is taking a three-pronged approach, which focuses on: providing hearing protection catered to specific missions; taking real-time measurements of noise exposure; and developing pharmaceuticals that can maintain and restore hearing. Through work conducted by the ONR and the Harvard School of Public Health, inhaled antioxidant medications have proven their effectiveness in protection against noise-induced hearing loss.