DOT Physical Exam

Being deaf in 1 ear is totally fine,

as long as your other ear is good.

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...m-new-drivers/180549-companies-dot-tests.html

 

Pudz1703:

As Medical Director of NADME-the National Academy of DOT Medical Examiners, I can assure you with some authority that you only need one good ear to pass your commercial driver physical. The comments given about how this portion of the exam is done are accurate, you must first perceive a forced whisper at 5 feet. If you can not hear the forced whisper, you will be tested in a hearing booth with an audiometer. You must be able to hear at no greater than 40dB loss in the better ear. If your good ear is relatively normal hearing, you should have no problem passing this portion of the exam. If that's your only medical condition you were worried about, go to CDL school! This country needs good, healthy, safe drivers!

Best of luck,

Lawrence Earl MD
Medical Director
NADME.org
UrgentCareMentor.com

 

Go to You Tube and watch the deaf truck driver. He evens signs his messages. He drives somewhere here in the US.

 

Hearing Issues are a serious matter and you already know since you have a hearing disorder that it causes balance issues. I doubt seriously that you should consider a career in the trucking industry if you are hearing impaired. Whether or not this can be correctable by medical professionals or not are beyond my expertise; all I know is that hearing aids are not normally covered under ANY insurance plan and are EXPENSIVE as heck. Good Luck.

 

What...........?

 

There are thousands of hearing impaired drivers out there doing a great job and making a good living like everybody else .