streetroc85350 Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Is there any way to get a waiver for hearing loss in the Army? I have noise induced hearing loss from years of shooting. I just saw an audiologist a few days ago and got a full series of tests. Everything is perfect except for a loss in my right ear around 4k hz and a lesser loss in my left ear at 6k hz. My conversational hearing test was 100% and all other tests came back completely normal. Since this is noise induced hearing loss, it will never get any worse as long as I protect it. It doesn't affect my daily life whatsoever and if I had never taken a hearing test I wouldn't be able to tell that I had any hearing loss at all. I failed the hearing test at MEPS in 2007 and they gave me a waiver but it came back with a 2 which wouldn't allow me to be a helicopter pilot. Now I am 30 and I have a 4yr college degree. I am also a fixed wing pilot with almost 200hrs. I have never had any difficulty hearing ATC, cockpit warning tones, etc... I just sent the results of the hearing test to my recruiter but I know that I will need another waiver and I just wanted to know what the odds were. Can I get letters of recommendations for a waiver? Is there any way to prove that literally the only impact of this hearing loss is that I can't hear tiny beeps at 4k hz in a set of headphones? Does my current flight experience count for anything? I really appreciate any advice you guys could give me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbargs Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Did you ever find anything out about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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