Hi, I'm intereste in joining the millitary, and have joined the Civil Air Patrol to help myself get ready for it. I am I am sort of pysicly fit(can do about 20 push ups, and about 50 sit ups. can run a mile/tops 2) If I know for sure I can join the military, I will step it up big time. I have hearing aids. Alot of people say I can't join, but I don't beleave they know the facts. Any help?


Regards,
C/AB Woodman

talk to a recruiter

what does hearing issues have to do with it all??

sounded like hearing sounds issue

I'm just looking for a yes, no or mabye. And if its mabye, how to get around it.

Hearing

The cause for rejection for appointment, enlistment, and induction is a hearing threshold level greater than that described in paragraph c below.

a. Audiometers, calibrated to standards of the International Standards Organization (ISO 1964) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI 1996), will be used to test the hearing of all applicants.

b. All audiometric tracings or audiometric readings recorded on reports of medical examination or other medical records will be clearly identified.

c. Acceptable audiometric hearing levels (both ears) are:

(1) Pure tone at 500, 1000, and 2000 cycles per second of not more than 30 decibels (dB) on the average (each ear), with no individual level greater than 35dB at these frequencies.

(2) Pure tone level not more than 45 dB at 3000 cycles per second each ear, and 55 dB at 4000 cycles per second each ear.

from usmilitary.about.com

Its got a lot of medical stuff that's above my head. Since you have a hearing condition, you might be able to understand it. I hope this helps. In anycase, you should see what a recruiter says.

Doody

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Here is something from http://www.healthyhearing.com

The Dept. of Defense has minimal fitness standards that must be met in order to enter military service. Waivers for hearing loss are not granted by USAF, although hearing loss may be waived by other services on very rare occasion. Consideration for waiver of hearing loss depends on the nature of the loss, severity of loss, and the military job that is being sought by the applicant (e.g., someone with hearing loss could not be a pilot, or work in jobs requiring acute hearing). Typically, hearing loss is waived for difficult-to-fill professional positions such as physician, nurse, lawyer, etc

Hello, Woodman, welcome to the forums, well, I am deaf, I really wants to join Marine really bad. I love to serve our country (USA). But they won't let me in cause I'm deaf and low arch. My friend in my unit Navy JROTC, he also is Hard of Hearing. He likes to join the Military, too. But he can't.

Well, it gotta to be ****s.

Originally Posted by Fox

Hello, Woodman, welcome to the forums, well, I am deaf, I really wants to join Marine really bad. I love to serve our country (USA). But they won't let me in cause I'm deaf and low arch. My friend in my unit Navy JROTC, he also is Hard of Hearing. He likes to join the Military, too. But he can't.

Are you talking about me?

crap... So if I am hard of hearing, I won't be able to join a career ocupation such as the Army Rangers? aww damn.... sigh..... well I guess that life.

You're out alone with your Ranger buddy on an OP in the jungle... its pitch black and your nightvision equipment has failed. Its your turn to be up on watch while your buddy sleeps. You never heard the soldier behind you...

Do you see the logic in the denial of hearing impaired soldiers? The realities of the job do not allow for accomodating a handicap.

yea but see, with my hearing aids, I can clearly hear behind me and to my sides.

I play games with my brother in the pitch black. I hear him way before he hears me. Sometimes my hearing aids alow me to hear better then people, in crowded rooms.