Class 1 Medical, Hearing requirements?

[Jon Tucker]

Has anyone been cleared, been refused, or got any experience of the class 1 medical exam and tinnitus?

I have it, mainly in my left ear, caused by shotgun fire.

Here is my last audiogram....

Here (http://www.jontuckerrally.com/audiogram.jpg)

Do you think I'm screwed?

[MightyGem]

Sorry , say again. :E

[Jon Tucker]

theres always one! :rolleyes:

[Billywizz]

I was curious at my last medical and asked my doctor what the acceptable limits were for the audiogram and was told that 50 decibels was the red line.

[qwerty300]

http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/med/default.asp?page=533

[Jon Tucker]

One ear is within the limits but the other is way out, but only in 1 frequency range! guess i'll just have to cough up the cash and have the medical. Wish me luck :\

[Flying Lawyer]

Jon

I don't know where you live, but I strongly recommend you consult Dr Ian Perry in London before you do anything else. He's a very experienced aviation medical examiner used by many professional pilots.

If you're way out of limits, nothing can be done. However, if you're borderline, it's far better to be armed in advance because, once a CAA decision has been made, it's notoriously difficult to get it changed.

Link to Dr Perry (http://www.ianperry.com/)

Tudor Owen

[Camp Freddie]

my book "schott's original miscellany" a sort of holy grail of trivia says that 60db is conversational speech, so assuming speech falls within the affected frequency range, doesnt sound too hopeful, does it ?

but I agree with Flying Lawyer, consult with Dr Perry first or you will be "screwed"

regards

CF

[Jon Tucker]

"so assuming speech falls within the affected frequency range"

I suppose that depends whether you're speaking to Joe Pasquale or Barry White!?!


Thanks chaps, I'll give Dr Perry a call.

[Arm out the window]

When I was changing services in the Aussie military I had to do all the initial medicals again, and my hearing was an issue.
Coincidentally, I had had a shotgun let off near my right ear when I was younger, and my audiogram wasn't too far off yours, although I didn't have the 30 db or so for the lower frequencies.
They sent me off to a specialist who did some more audio testing, checked things like my tympanic membrane mobility and eustachian tube function, and also did a speech intelligibility test which consisted of listening to a bunch of recorded words and saying what I thought they were.
Anyhow, he gave me a pass and I was right to go. For subsequent military medicals I would take a copy of his report so that if any of the medics questioned things I could show them that it had already been dealt with.
I'm sure it will be a good idea to see the specialist.
Now I've left the services and am doing standard civil Aussie Class 1 medicals, the testing seems to be quite a bit less stringent. I did an audiogram on my first one, and nothing was said; the last couple the doc seems to have just been talking to me normally and figuring that's a good enough test.