http://www.ihearclear.com/blog/how-many-decibels-of-hearing-loss-is-considered-a-lot/ Thu, 17 May 2012 21:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.ihearclear.com/blog/how-many-decibels-of-hearing-loss-is-considered-a-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Max J Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:49:07 +0000 http://www.ihearclear.com/blog/how-many-decibels-of-hearing-loss-is-considered-a-lot/#comment-380 as far as the military it really depends on the range that your hearing loss is in. As long as you can still hear voice clearly, especially male, you'll be fine in the military. While in the military, I ended up getting high ranged hearing loss of close to two decibels (quite a lot), however, since most important things are passed via amplified circuit, and generally male voice (Navy submarines), it wasn't considered an issue. If you do have some hearing loss, it's not always long term anyhow. Often times wearing hearing protection for a couple of days will allow your hearing to go back to "normal", or even better than your baseline testing. Long term hearing loss can be an issue, however if it's only in one ear (fairly common) it will be more of annoyance than a hindrance to daily life, even in the military. as far as the military it really depends on the range that your hearing loss is in. As long as you can still hear voice clearly, especially male, you’ll be fine in the military. While in the military, I ended up getting high ranged hearing loss of close to two decibels (quite a lot), however, since most important things are passed via amplified circuit, and generally male voice (Navy submarines), it wasn’t considered an issue. If you do have some hearing loss, it’s not always long term anyhow. Often times wearing hearing protection for a couple of days will allow your hearing to go back to “normal”, or even better than your baseline testing. Long term hearing loss can be an issue, however if it’s only in one ear (fairly common) it will be more of annoyance than a hindrance to daily life, even in the military.

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