I’m not really expecting a lot of responses here, but this is worth a shot. Is there any private pilot here?
So, I’m an European guy determined to get a Private Pilot License (PPL). That means: I learn to fly small airplanes for leisure, but not for profit.
At least in Europe, one of the requirements is not to have a hearing loss worse than 35 dB on 500/1000/2000 Hz, and worse than 50dB on 5000Hz. But what does “worse” mean? 35dB over the human hearing threshold, making this requirement equivalent to have a hearing threshold of 55dB on 500/1000/2000Hz?
Alternatively, you can go by hearing and understanding a conversation 6 meters away and facing back from your doctor. I’m pretty sure I can nail that.
TLDR: Is there any pilot with hearing loss that can provide me some guidance on this?