Can I still enlist in the Air Force or Army with slight hearing loss?
I was born with a slight hearing loss but otherwise haven’t noticed it much. I was wondering if that disqualifies you? I’m not sure exactly how much loss there is but the most effect it’s had is I might not understand what someone says if I’m not paying attention to them, and when I was younger my parents were worried and decided to get me hearing aids but I never wore them at all.
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June 17th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Here’s the hearing standards. Anything worse is disqualifying:
Pure tone at 500, 1000 and 2000 cycles per second- Not more than 30n decibels hearing loss on the average with no individual level greater than 35 decibels.
Pure tone level at 3000 cycles per second-Not more than 45 decibels.
Pure tone level at 4000 cycles per second- Not more than 55 decibels.
Use of hearing aids is disqualifying.