So what is DD Form 2217? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2217, Biological Audiometer Calibration Check, January 2000, used to Biological Audiometer Calibration Check. Anything else you need follows from that.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 1. Audiometer. a. Manufacturer.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- d. Last electroacoustic calibration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. Listener. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Facility.
- c. Location.
- 4. Hearing threshold levels of test frequencies. a. Baseline. (1) Left earphone. 500 Hz.(2) Right earphone. 500 Hz.
- 1000 Hz.
- 2000 Hz.
- 3000 Hz.
- 4000 Hz.
- 6000 Hz.
- 3. Dates and data review. Baseline. a. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. Name of examiner (last, first, middle initial).
- c. Calibration check. Press space bar to mark X in first box if pass (plus or minus 5 dB of baseline) or second box if fail (greater than plus or minus 5 dB of baseline).
- 4. Hearing threshold levels of test frequencies. a. Baseline. Enter hearing threshold levels in increments of 5 decibels. (1) Left earphone. 500 Hz.
- 1000 Hz.
- 2000 Hz.
- 3000 Hz.
- 4000 Hz.
- 6000 Hz.
- Periodic biological calibration checks. a. Date, line 1.
- b. Name of examiner.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 2 pages and approximately 200 fields.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
What if DD Form 2217 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2217?
- DD Form 2217, Biological Audiometer Calibration Check, January 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?