Hearing loss / EASA Limitations
Hi everyone , and first of all thank you for your time.
I would like to know if there is anyone on this forum who has experienced something similar to what is happening to me.
I’m a professional pilot, 32 years old, and recently, I have experienced a hearing loss in my right ear of 70db in 3 frequencies, 500hz, 1000hz and 2000hz, the conversation frequencies 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️. The other ear is perfect, with a normal audiogram.
My Class 1 has been suspended until they see how the disease evolves, and unfortunately I don't notice improvement. The doctor says that maybe is possible to recover my class 1 by wearing a hearing aid, and doing a functional test to see if I understand the words wearing a hearing aid. Then, they would endorse the (HAL) limitation contemplated by the EASA regulations. In addition to this, they told me that they would put another limitation to pass an ENT examination and hearing check each year (SIC) and perhaps another to only use my atributions in multi-pilot aircraft (OML).
Is there anyone here who has experienced the same as me? I would like to know if someone was in my case, how many and what kind of limitations the medical put on them, to be prepared when I pass my recognition, or if they can give me some tips.
I understand that the important thing is to recover the medical certificate and fly again😩
Thank you very much and I look forward to your responses.