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Tinnitus Not Cuased By Jet Noise
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Theblaze
Just completed 20 years with USAF.
Also just finished my initial C&P 2 weeks ago.
Got the C&P notes today and found what I think is a problem.
I've had annoying tinnitus for over a decade. It was first recorded in my SMRs 5 years ago, and was recorded in my SMRs 7 times after that prior to discharge. I believe that the tinnitus is a direct result of 16 years of flying Air Force jets coupled with being subjected to 7 inglorious months of rocket attack while on the ground in Iraq . Yet the C&P Audiologist opined that since to the hearing test he gave me came back essentially identical to my service entry hearing test (hurray I thought, one valuable faculty of mine that was undamaged!), that my tinnitus was less-likely-as-not to have been caused by military service.
I'd appreciate any advice at this point. I am still prior to that initial DECISION, so is there anything I should do right now, in light of this peek I've been able to get at the C&P notes?
Thaks so much!!!
Blaze
BTW, here is the exact transcription:
"There is no current objective evidence of hearing loss, threshold shift, or cochlear damage/dysfunction that I would expect to see if his tinnitus were from military noise exposure, and it is my clinical opinion that this Veterans tinnitus is less likely as not caused by or a result of military noise exposure."
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dickj
i have been drawing 10% for tinnitus since 1979 . i worked flightline for 6 years on f-4 jets. tinnitus has nothing to do with a hearing test ,threshold or any buzzer in a booth. you can have hearing
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