Yesterday I reported to the Orlando VA Medical Center for the above-styled exam
As he escorted me into the exam room, he asked me a question in a low voice.
I couldn't understand what he said.
I replied, "What did you say?"
Then he spoke clearly and loud enough for me to understand him.
So I replied to his question.
The initial part of the exam involved inserting some kind of medical device in each ear canal, one side at a time, and I felt pressure and it made beeping noises.
Then came the tone response test where you tell them when you can hear the tone.
Finally, sentences were said where you have to identify a particular word and repeat that word.
After it was over, the examiner led me out of the exam room and walked about ten steps ahead of me.
I have spine problems and use a cane so I'm slow anyway.
I see the examiner standing in the corridor and he asked me another question in a low voice that I could not understand.
I asked him to repeat what he said, and he asked me in a louder voice, so I could understand him, "Do you have any more exams today?"
Which I replied, "No."
While in the exam room he asked me how the tinnitus affects me.
I told him that the constant ringing in my ears annoys the crap out of me.
I told him that I turn on a fan next to my bed each night when I go to bed, to help drown out the noise from the ringing in my ears.
He asked," Have I had my hearing checked lately?"
I told him , no.
He said, "What makes you think that you have hearing loss?"
I said, "My wife gets aggravated because I have to turn up the volume of the TV to be able to hear it."
I said, "I've had to stop watching TV in the room with her because it always starts an argument."
He also asked what my civilian job occupation is/was.
I told him I've been a HVAC technician since the early nineties.
He said so you were exposed to noise made by air conditioning compressors.
He asked me what my military occupation was and I told him I worked as a diesel repair mechanic as my MOS.
I told him I was also exposed during training to noise from firing .50 caliber machine guns, .30 caliber machine guns,M16 Rifles, live grenades, and artillery simulators.
He asked if I used hearing protection, and I told him not when repairing the diesel engines, and I don't remember if we did when firing our weapons during training.
I had nothing to hide but honestly this guy left me with a bad vibe and an unpleasant experience.
The last thing I noticed was, Holy mackerel did this guy have some large feet!
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63Charlie
Yesterday I reported to the Orlando VA Medical Center for the above-styled exam
As he escorted me into the exam room, he asked me a question in a low voice.
I couldn't understand what he said.
I replied, "What did you say?"
Then he spoke clearly and loud enough for me to understand him.
So I replied to his question.
The initial part of the exam involved inserting some kind of medical device in each ear canal, one side at a time, and I felt pressure and it made beeping noises.
Then came the tone response test where you tell them when you can hear the tone.
Finally, sentences were said where you have to identify a particular word and repeat that word.
After it was over, the examiner led me out of the exam room and walked about ten steps ahead of me.
I have spine problems and use a cane so I'm slow anyway.
I see the examiner standing in the corridor and he asked me another question in a low voice that I could not understand.
I asked him to repeat what he said, and he asked me in a louder voice, so I could understand him, "Do you have any more exams today?"
Which I replied, "No."
While in the exam room he asked me how the tinnitus affects me.
I told him that the constant ringing in my ears annoys the crap out of me.
I told him that I turn on a fan next to my bed each night when I go to bed, to help drown out the noise from the ringing in my ears.
He asked," Have I had my hearing checked lately?"
I told him , no.
He said, "What makes you think that you have hearing loss?"
I said, "My wife gets aggravated because I have to turn up the volume of the TV to be able to hear it."
I said, "I've had to stop watching TV in the room with her because it always starts an argument."
He also asked what my civilian job occupation is/was.
I told him I've been a HVAC technician since the early nineties.
He said so you were exposed to noise made by air conditioning compressors.
He asked me what my military occupation was and I told him I worked as a diesel repair mechanic as my MOS.
I told him I was also exposed during training to noise from firing .50 caliber machine guns, .30 caliber machine guns,M16 Rifles, live grenades, and artillery simulators.
He asked if I used hearing protection, and I told him not when repairing the diesel engines, and I don't remember if we did when firing our weapons during training.
I had nothing to hide but honestly this guy left me with a bad vibe and an unpleasant experience.
The last thing I noticed was, Holy mackerel did this guy have some large feet!
His shoes might have been a size 18.
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Yeah just have to wait and see what they decided?...I think you will be denied and I hope I am wrong but just going by what that examiner ask you and your answers. Hearing loss is one of the h
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