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    DOT PHysical and hearing aids

    Its me again, i guess it's time for an update. I got my new hearing aides. They are much more powerful and so i tried the forces whisper again. I heard her loud and clear, BUT due to the nerve damage i just couldn't process exactly what she was saying, of course i didn't get passed. I have until...
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    how old you when you become deaf or hearing loss

    I had an accident when i was 5, where i fell of the top of some bleachers, crushed my skull but dr's didn't think anything was wrong other than a concussion at first but a few days later i got really sick, fever, etc and they finally did an xray/cat scan (this was back in 85) and come to find...
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    Hearing impaired and D.O.T. physical?

    i just reposted this post with a little update. if you want to check it out, needless to say even with new hearing aides i'm still struggling to get the test passed because i can't understand the whisper words they're saying, i can hear them but not understand them and can't do the audiometric...
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    DOT PHysical and hearing aids

    I think i may have posted something a few months ago. But I just got 2 new hearing aides. Now, I can hear ALOT better, still have a hard time actually understanding words themselves, but i can hear people talking. I drive trucks for a living and it came time to get my DOT PHysical done. They...
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    Hearing impaired and D.O.T. physical?

    Ok, here's a doosy for ya... I haven't gotten an answer yet. As in my previous post you know that I have a CDL license to drive the bigger trucks. I wear a hearing aide. Now i was from FL and the last time i got my physical (the physical that DOT requires for CDL drivers to obtain a license) the...
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    Employer discrimination - is it?

    I'm hearing impaired, considered deaf without my hearing aide. I've been doing concrete pumping for 5 years and just moved to a different company 3 months ago. Recently they aquired a new "boss" who i swear has it out for me. At first it was just rumors saying that he was going to keep me either...
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