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Physical waivers for the armed forces?
My brother has hearing loss in one of his ears, possibly both, I'm not sure. However, he does not use any hearing aid, hears people fine, does not lip read, and holds normal conversations as far as I can tell. So I don't think the hearing thing is affecting him that badly. Is it possible for him to get a waiver into one of the branches? Which branch?
When I say he hears fine, I mean exactly that. He isn't wearing a hearing aid, but can carry on conversations and hear people, so he can't be that affected, to me, at least.
However, he has tried to enlist with the Coast Guard, I think, and they didn't let him enlist. I may be wrong on what branch, but I think it was CG.
Therefore, his hearing is bad enough so that he couldn't at least enlist in CG, so he does need a physical waiver.
I am just trying to get preliminary information so I can use it to push him into going into another area, if that is even possible. He gives up easily and thinks that if he couldn't get in one branch, then it's the same for all branches. I don't know if that's true or not, so that's what I'm trying to figure out.
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Maybe, I don't have to wear a hearing aid or anything but on my annual hearing exams my hearing loss was great enough to where the military did not allow me to reenlist (wasn't going to anyways so didn't fight it)
When I first went to MEPS I was sick and my hearing came back bad and I had to go retest at Shaw AFB and get it approved by the Medical Commander
Then when I went back to MEPS who would have thunk it my paperwork was lost and had to retest and came back perfect hearing
Try the Army though they are always looking for people now
- 1 decade ago
He will really just have to select a branch and go see a recruiter.If he meets other criteria,they will test his hearing if he goes to MEPS. If his hearing falls below whats required, he will need to try to get a waiver. But there would be no way to tell without having his hearing tested by them. I thought my hearing was awful, but it came out fine.
- Steely MLv 41 decade ago
if he hears fine he wouldn't need a waiver....
If he can't hear "fine" talk to your recruiter, there are a lot of things you can get waivers for. I do know the Army makes hearing waivers. I do know it would eliminate some MOSs, but hearing is a big one they are a strick about, they always tested ours during a flight physical. I know a load master who got a waiver and I know Plane captains use hand signals to communicate.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
I joined the air tension with a coronary heart murmur, and that i understand that folk turning out to be a member of with a profession often are allowed to get in with under appropriate well being. in case you have not got a profession, odds are very solid against your being customary.
