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Has anyone dealt with this medical issue?
  • Moderate hearing loss in the 500 to 4000Hz frequencies. Current or history of use of hearing aids.
My child is being reevaluated by a specialist for hearing 'loss' in 1000-2000 Hz. Never knew about it or noticed it. She's in the competition choir at school so hearing has never been a concern. Any info would be helpful.

There's a plan B. We're hoping it's not needed.

Thanks.
 
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My DS had a repeat evaluation several weeks ago - with a cerumem impaction questionnaire first. That test was within spec -- but, because of asymmetric loss in the higher 6K - 8K ranges that were shown on the follow-up exam in those ranges -- we had to follow-up with an EENT evaluation of his ability to serve and then with an MRI at the end of it all (to rule out tumors, etc. as a cause) before being cleared

But, the requirements as we understood them:
Both ears must be free of tympanic membrane perforation and acute and chronic disease. The average of the hearing loss at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz in either ear may not exceed 30 decibels (ISO), and the loss at any one of these three frequencies may not exceed 35 decibels. The maximum acceptable loss in either ear at 3000 Hz is 45 decibels and at 4000 Hz, 55 decibels.

Your results should be on page 2 (field 71a) of the med exam paperwork to reference. I hope that helps!
 
My son, was referred to an audiologist. Once, there they inquired why he was referred in the first place as there was nothing wrong. The Dr. who did the initial hearing test must of messed up. Hope everything turns out OK.
 
AAAdad said:
My DS had a repeat evaluation several weeks ago - with a cerumem impaction questionnaire first. That test was within spec -- but, because of asymmetric loss in the higher 6K - 8K ranges that were shown on the follow-up exam in those ranges -- we had to follow-up with an EENT evaluation of his ability to serve and then with an MRI at the end of it all (to rule out tumors, etc. as a cause) before being cleared

But, the requirements as we understood them:
Both ears must be free of tympanic membrane perforation and acute and chronic disease. The average of the hearing loss at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz in either ear may not exceed 30 decibels (ISO), and the loss at any one of these three frequencies may not exceed 35 decibels. The maximum acceptable loss in either ear at 3000 Hz is 45 decibels and at 4000 Hz, 55 decibels.

Your results should be on page 2 (field 71a) of the med exam paperwork to reference. I hope that helps!
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Yes, very helful. Thank you for taking time to provide such a detailed response.
 
zbsigpi said:
My son, was referred to an audiologist. Once, there they inquired why he was referred in the first place as there was nothing wrong. The Dr. who did the initial hearing test must of messed up. Hope everything turns out OK.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. We are hoping for the best, that test results come back amenable to the Academy. She doesn't want to go anywhere else.
 
AAAdad said:
My DS had a repeat evaluation several weeks ago - with a cerumem impaction questionnaire first. That test was within spec -- but, because of asymmetric loss in the higher 6K - 8K ranges that were shown on the follow-up exam in those ranges -- we had to follow-up with an EENT evaluation of his ability to serve and then with an MRI at the end of it all (to rule out tumors, etc. as a cause) before being cleared

But, the requirements as we understood them:
Both ears must be free of tympanic membrane perforation and acute and chronic disease. The average of the hearing loss at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz in either ear may not exceed 30 decibels (ISO), and the loss at any one of these three frequencies may not exceed 35 decibels. The maximum acceptable loss in either ear at 3000 Hz is 45 decibels and at 4000 Hz, 55 decibels.

Your results should be on page 2 (field 71a) of the med exam paperwork to reference. I hope that helps!
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The ENT did not think an MRI is needed as he does not suspect tumor or expect her hearing to get worse.
I hope you don't mind me asking how soon did you get waiver after you received ENT results? (I know that waivers are individually determined; we remain hopeful). Thank you.
 
My son has an appointment for a retest of his hearing on Monday. He said the original test was in a very loud urgent care and the headphones let a lot of background noise in. Hoping that's all it was.
 
Rteynor said:
My son has an appointment for a retest of his hearing on Monday. He said the original test was in a very loud urgent care and the headphones let a lot of background noise in. Hoping that's all it was.
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Our DS had a similar experience with a loud urgent type care facility where there was background noise. I remember sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of other patients in line and thinking man, there's a lot of car noises outside from the street, and he said when he came out he heard car noises such as honking and the like so I'm sure that affected his test. He then went to an audiologist for his retest and was found to be well within normal limits with excellent word recognition, etc. DS indicated that this time there were zero background noises so hopefully your DS has the same outcome.
 
No waiver was required for us. The AMI was cleared within 24 hours of submitting results -- to a 'qualified' rating. It was within the spec of my earlier post - and this seemed to be a precautionary MRI as we had a physician go on record about the ability to serve. The EENT we saw was a prior Army doc - and she understood the assignment - but, also wanted the MRI as further confirmation that nothing else was involved or probable later in the process (tumor, etc.).
 
Abacab said:
Our DS had a similar experience with a loud urgent type care facility where there was background noise. I remember sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of other patients in line and thinking man, there's a lot of car noises outside from the street, and he said when he came out he heard car noises such as honking and the like so I'm sure that affected his test. He then went to an audiologist for his retest and was found to be well within normal limits with excellent word recognition, etc. DS indicated that this time there were zero background noises so hopefully your DS has the same outcome.
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He passed his retest with no issues yesterday. Now, we hope for an appointment!
 
AAAdad said:
No waiver was required for us. The AMI was cleared within 24 hours of submitting results -- to a 'qualified' rating. It was within the spec of my earlier post - and this seemed to be a precautionary MRI as we had a physician go on record about the ability to serve. The EENT we saw was a prior Army doc - and she understood the assignment - but, also wanted the MRI as further confirmation that nothing else was involved or probable later in the process (tumor, etc.).
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I am very happy for your child and your family. It is difficult to be patient but remain hopeful even though test results require a waiver.
 
GirlGeek said:
Has anyone dealt with this medical issue?
  • Moderate hearing loss in the 500 to 4000Hz frequencies. Current or history of use of hearing aids.
My child is being reevaluated by a specialist for hearing 'loss' in 1000-2000 Hz. Never knew about it or noticed it. She's in the competition choir at school so hearing has never been a concern. Any info would be helpful.

There's a plan B. We're hoping it's not needed.

Thanks.
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Hope, your DD got it clear. Could you please share the plan B?
 
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