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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 40687, tabled on 18 August 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of steroids, including the product name were administered to armed forces personnel who experienced hearing problems after participating in the trials of the Ajax AFV.

Answered on

8 September 2021

Patients assessed to benefit from steroid treatment for acute noise induced hearing loss received the steroid Prednisolone as tablets and/or intratympanic (placed by injection into the middle ear) Solu-medrone steroid solution.