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I'm posting this question in search of more information from an earlier thread located here. (relevant quotes below)
Also . . .
After you've read all of that - here is the reason for my post requesting more information:
I have left ear hearing loss from birth which is significant (60db) between 2000-5000Hz. My right ear is nearly perfect, and I can hear without any problems when it comes to normal conversation. After looking at the post referenced above, and being scheduled for my 1st Class Medical Monday, I'm wondering how I might best approach this subject with the Dr. if he wants to only test using a tone machine. Looking at the FAA guidelines, it mentions that you need only pass one of the following: (I would fail #3 "Poorer Ear".)
Wow - if you've made it all the way through my rambling, thank you! I may just be sweating this too much. But I do not want to chance a bad mark on my record if I don't have to, and I've stayed awake the last two nights concerned about this. Thanks for reading!
-Scott
Yes... I am living walking proof you can be completely deaf in one ear and still get a 1st class med. I was born with senso-neural hearing loss in the left ear. That means the auditory nerve itself in the left ear has a problem, didn't develop, etc. So, I have no hearing from that ear. However, my right ear has perfect hearing.
FAA 1st class standards at the minimum say something about being able to hear an average conversational voice at a distance of 6 feet away from a doc. Of course, I can hear that easily!
Also . . .
The way the FAA wants the test done is to have the pilot turn away from the AME, the AME speak in a normal tone of voice and if the pilot can hear he passes.
After you've read all of that - here is the reason for my post requesting more information:
I have left ear hearing loss from birth which is significant (60db) between 2000-5000Hz. My right ear is nearly perfect, and I can hear without any problems when it comes to normal conversation. After looking at the post referenced above, and being scheduled for my 1st Class Medical Monday, I'm wondering how I might best approach this subject with the Dr. if he wants to only test using a tone machine. Looking at the FAA guidelines, it mentions that you need only pass one of the following: (I would fail #3 "Poorer Ear".)
The last thing I want to do (or would ever do) is to direct the Physician on how to correctly run the exam. But... How can I politely mention the regulation directive (a) above, if by chance he was to mention that I'm going to receive a "Fail" because I failed under part #3 "Poorer Ear"?§ 67.105 Ear, nose, throat, and equilibrium. Ear, nose, throat, and equilibrium standards for a first-class airman medical certificate are:
(a) The person shall demonstrate acceptable hearing by at least one of the following tests:
(1) Demonstrate an ability to hear an average conversational voice in a quiet room, using both ears, at a distance of 6 feet from the examiner, with the back turned to the examiner.
(2) Demonstrate an acceptable understanding of speech as determined by audiometric speech discrimination testing to a score of at least 70 percent obtained in one ear or in a sound field environment.
(3) Provide acceptable results of pure tone audiometric testing of unaided hearing acuity according to the following table of worst acceptable thresholds, using the calibration standards of the American National Standards Institute, 1969 (11 West 42d Street, New York, NY 10036):
Frequency (Hz)500 Hz1000 Hz2000 Hz3000 HzBetter ear (Db)35303040Poorer ear (Db)35505060
Wow - if you've made it all the way through my rambling, thank you! I may just be sweating this too much. But I do not want to chance a bad mark on my record if I don't have to, and I've stayed awake the last two nights concerned about this. Thanks for reading!
-Scott