Can deaf people become truckers?

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  1. wolfchopper

    wolfchopper Bobtail Member

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    hey i want to know about deaf ppl can become to be trucker driver? come on deaf ppl can do anything or can driver same as rv a class so. they will accpet for deaf driver trucker? cuz i alway want to be trucker driver. my dad and my brother did driver trucker as i love trucker from my born to trucker and bike h.d. (havrely davidson). so i want to know. about deaf can get cdl for trucker driver?
     
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  3. halfburn

    halfburn Medium Load Member

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    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...?rule_toc=760&section=391.41&section_toc=1781
    Nope sorry!
     
  4. wolfchopper

    wolfchopper Bobtail Member

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    well i did reserach on driver trucker and i find out 8 or few ppl who have deaf and they did rider rig trucker they make it so. i was suprise and why not deaf can do driver this trucker. make to be fair with other hearing ppl.
     
  5. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    You need to be able to hear potential problems with your truck (air leaking from the brakes), traffic (sirens, car/truck horns) and for that oncoming train. There are audible alarms in your truck that need to be heard.

    Have you looked into Cochlear Implants? They mioght restore your hearing enough to allow you to drive.
     
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  6. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    it's in the DOT rules/regulations, if you wear a hearing aid you need to be able to pass the hearing test. if one is profoundly deaf, then sorry....no trucking career.

    as again, mentioned here, please read this:

    (b)(11) First perceives a forced whispered voice in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of an audiometric device, does not have an average hearing loss in the better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated to American National Standard (formerly ASA Standard) Z24.5-1951;


    now if one wears a hearing aid, it must be worn all the time a person is driving and spare batteries must be available, at least at one time, this was also a requirement.
     
  7. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    can you provide proof of this...?? do they wear a hearing aid...??? do they have the implants...??

    if one is profoundly deaf, (no aids are helpful), then no trucking career.
     
  8. Flying Dutchman

    Flying Dutchman Road Train Member

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    Myself personally did not even turn on the stereo for some music my first week and a lil more of driving....lots of noises and quirks with each truck, had to know what was ok and what was not ok.
     
  9. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    Sounds discriminating but it is really important to be able to hear what is going on all around you. Whether it be emergency vehicles or pertinent information on the CB or something wrong with your truck it is as important as being able to see. Another thing that is important that a lot of people don't think about is your sense of smell. Sorry if this is discouraging but you are not alone. There are a lot of medical conditions that can exempt you from driving a commercial motor vehicle. Even being diabetic.
     
  10. ChromeDome

    ChromeDome Road Train Member

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    You may be able to get a waver for driving in your state, but you cannot get a license that will allow for interstate driving.
    Same with people that are missing one eye. They can drive instate just cannot cross state lines.
    There is no discrimination in this rule. You have to be able to hear.
    I have a hearing loss, and in the next few years I will have to get hearing aids to pass my medical requirements. I have been loosing my hearing since I was a kid.
     
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