Originally Posted by
DreamAir
I have gotten a first class civilian medical, and the only waiver I have on it is for glasses. I am totally deaf in the left ear. I have been so since birth. But I really only notice my loss in loud situations, or when the person is talking extremely quietly and is directly on my left side. When it comes to flying, I hear everything just fine through the headset. I dunno why your captain would think he wouldn't pass unless his 'good' ear was damaged too...
Hmm, interesting...
"...I really only notice my loss in loud situations, or when the person is talking extremely quietly and is directly on my left side..."
I'm sure your doc knows better than me... Having said that I'm very surpised... We don't have voice activated headsets instead we use simple Telex headsets. In other words we hear ATC via the headset but when we talk to each other the sound does not go through the headset. The B757 in particular gets very noisy so I'm curious how that'd work out for you...
Either way, back to the topic...