Many years ago I had a severe middle ear problem, viral damage to the basal coil of the cochlear, after a long fight I was given a class 1 but AS OR WITH CO PILOT, as a captain no problem, I had to do my medicals at CAA HQ, with the pmo, then Dr John Lemon. Clearly, John, who had been principal medical officer in bomber command when I was in the RAF. lived up to his principal that he wanted to keep pilots flying, if sensible, not looking for every opportunity to ground them.
Such a contrast to the ORL consultant to the CAA, an RAF AVM but whose opinion which was to ground me, was contradicted by a very distinguished and respected Harley Street consultant,
After two years symptom free the restriction was removed and my medicals were with my regular AMO.