IO540,
Re hearing requirements you describe as bogus;
ICAO Annex 1;
2.6 Instrument rating — Aeroplane
2.6.1.5.1 Applicants who hold a private pilot licence shall
have established their hearing acuity on the basis of compliance
with the hearing requirements for the issue of a Class 1
Medical Assessment.
6.2.5.2 Applicants for Class 1 Medical Assessments shall
be tested by pure-tone audiometry at first issue of the
Assessment, not less than once every five years up to the age
of 40 years, and thereafter not less than once every two years.
6.3.4 Hearing requirements
6.3.4.1 The applicant, when tested on a pure-tone
audiometer, shall not have a hearing loss, in either ear
separately, of more than 35 dB at any of the frequencies 500,
1 000 or 2 000 Hz, or more than 50 dB at 3 000 Hz.
Seems quite clear to me.
If you insist that just because the USA permits pilots to fly when they do not meet the ICAO requirements everyone should do so then please search further afield and you will find a country where there is no licensing requirements at all and then you can insist that EASA use that as a model.
Regards,
DFC