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Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator

Hearing
You cannot join the RAF if you have eardrum ventilation tubes or grommets, if your eardrum is currently perforated or if you suffer from chronic ear dieases, such as cholesteatoma.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/careers/istherafforme/health.cfm

The perforation is small enough to have an operation to cover it up. Would this make a difference or is it the fact that i have had one? Is there actually a reason for not allowing people with a perforated eardrum into the RAF?
thanks