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    Flying with Bad Tinnitus and (Especially) Hyperacusis, Experiences?

    Good thinking, I am a pilot with tinnitus, and also know few others. Anyway most of us got our t from other than aviation noise. Usually gigs,clubs etc. Like I got mine fron club night, surely there might be some affect with flying md11 at the time with fucked up radios and hf traffic with...
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    Flying as Profession with Tinnitus

    Yes I do know that a380 is quiet however its not really just pilots choice which type he wants to fly. Company that you work for decides that and at the moment there are no a380's in any company close to home country. So the options are, quit my job (not really an option), change company (I...
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    Flying as Profession with Tinnitus

    Hi, Yeah I already have custom made earplugs where I can change filters, they work rather well with anr headset and just heard that we are probably gonna get Bose aviation headset in near future so even better. I used to fly jets but now I’m in Atr (turboprop ) so the noise louder in low tones...
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    Flying as Profession with Tinnitus

    Hi, Pilots do wear headsets but it depends of the company what kind of headset you have, some planes are very quiet in cockpit and some really loud. Anyway the whole environment is rather loud when you think walking on aprons etc where you hear constant engine noise, so pilots are actually one...
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    Flying as Profession with Tinnitus

    Hi, Thanks for the info, I did the search and found some good threads. The problem with the pilot forum is that people don't want to express their problems so openly there as these things are sort of "tabu" still. This is by far the best forum that I have found when it comes to T so I was...
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    Flying as Profession with Tinnitus

    I got tinnitus about 9 months ago, after a loud club night. Before that I only had experienced very short tinnitus "pulses" that immediately faded away. After this night it was constant high pitch ringing but I could only hear it in very quiet environment. Fly back to home couple of days later...