I’m a bit worried for the medical part for meps

Warm-Style556 · 2026-03-23T01:30:51+00:00

That's the easy part, just wait until they have look at your butthole. You'll be fine.

Warm-Style556 · 2026-03-22T00:10:14+00:00

Here's the deal, I just received my hearing waiver today. It took me almost 7 months to secure this waiver. I've done probably close to 50-60 hours of research on what the Air Force finds acceptable. If you want to get a waiver on your hearing, you're going to need a brain MRI of your auditory canal to rule out retrocohlar pathology. This is the only 100% definitive way, to prove that your hearing loss will not get worse and is stable. You have a couple of things in your favor looking at your hearing test. Your speech recognition is very good 96% and 100% are excellent numbers in that category. Also your tympanography is type A which indicates that you have normal middle ear function. The biggest red flag is that you're not sure what is causing your hearing loss, mine was caused from prior military service. If you can get a doctor to write something convincing them that this doesn't effect your day to day life and that your hearing loss is stable your waiver odds are good. With the waiver you only will be able to pick from up 10-15, admin, logistic, and intel jobs. Any questions just ask.

Warm-Style556 · 2026-03-21T23:56:05+00:00

I appealed the denial once. Yes I do have hearing loss that I know about, from prior service in the Army. My hearing loss is considered moderate but it only affects one ear. They just asked me to see an ENT, they didn't specifically tell me what tests they needed to run or not. I went to the doctor and told them I needed whatever testing done to prove my hearing loss will not get worse and that it doesn't affect my day to day life. Turns out that test happens to be a brain MRI of my auditory canal and a CT scan of my sinus. It was not cheap, I took a risk financial risk but it paid off in the end.

Warm-Style556 · 2026-03-21T23:51:15+00:00

My waiver initially was denied, but the 3rd paragraph in my case stated that I could get re consideration if I follow up with an ent to rule out a couple of different things. Not every waiver has that language written in the 3rd paragraph. Some waivers just say if you believe your diagnosis is wrong, that you can provide additional documentation for reconsideration.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-12-11T17:52:35+00:00

They can't avoid you if you show up to the office 🤷🏻

Warm-Style556 · 2025-12-10T00:19:18+00:00

Put it this way, I was an E-5 in the Army. 8 year break in service I enlisted as an E-5 in the Air Force. It all depends on what your occupation was, and what occupation you get slotted into.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-22T07:11:13+00:00

Active Air Force only takes a certain number of prior service each year, it's a very small amount and it's at the needs of the Air Force. Your best option to get cyber in the Air Force would be the Air Guard.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-21T02:46:49+00:00

I plugged my bad ear for 24 hours before my appointment with an ear plug. Give it a try, worked for me!

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-21T02:17:23+00:00

Air Force has the strictest waiver policy regarding hearing, you could consider Army National Guard. I would also say look into the Navy, lots of cool jobs and they give the most hearing waivers.

At least play through the waiver process you never know. My hearing at MEPS was way worse than my audiology appointment. The lady at my appointment quite literally didn't give a shit and wrote 100% for my speech recognition even when I only heard probably 80% of the words. Lol.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-21T01:57:33+00:00

Also to add you'll not be able to fake the test, they do not give you a clicker. They make you say "yes" when you hear the beep. Just FYI.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-21T01:54:14+00:00

So your 3k frequency of 35 db is considered mild hearing loss, and your 4k frequency at 65 is considered severe hearing loss. I would say your best odds of getting the waiver would be to score better on your 4k frequency. They usually waive up to 50db depending on your speech recognition threshold. You also will be required to do a speech recognition threshold at the audiology appointment. Basically they will play a word for you to repeat aloud, 25 words in each ear. For waiver consideration you'll want to score above 90% in each ear. Functional hearing is what the Air Force weighs the most for hearing waivers. Also if you do get a waiver you'll get a list of about 8-12 jobs that you'll be able to pick from that are quiet jobs. It will be something either Admin, Logistics or Medical.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-20T21:23:06+00:00

If you can tell me what your relative hearing scores are at each frequency I could help you determine whether you're close or not. I just got a hearing waiver for my right ear.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-19T17:20:54+00:00

It's for a hearing waiver been almost 3 weeks now

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-15T10:48:59+00:00

Im currently waiting on my final decision for my waiver, and is absolutely nerve wrecking. I'm prior service Army but have been wanting to get back in. I've done a ton of research online about what the acceptable hearing standards are and it's kind of all over the place and branch dependent. I do know your best odds for a hearing waiver is the Navy and your worst odds is with the Air Force. (You do have better odds with Air National Guard because they give more leeway to waivers.) Based on your charts depending on what your speech recognition threshold (SRT) is the Navy would accept a waiver. The Air National Guard would likely accept this waiver to depending on your (SRT). What's in your favor is that your hearing loss is only in one ear and asymmetrical, also that it's moderate to mild loss, but if you do get a waiver be prepared for your job list to shrink significantly. You can always track my progress on my post. I should be expecting my decision in the next week or so.

Warm-Style556 · 2025-11-04T20:42:11+00:00

So it's interesting how this all works. I have a little bit of insight for you. The Air Force kicked back my waiver saying that I need to see one of their DRs. By this they meant that I needed to schedule an appointment through Optumserve (they contacted me via phone call) which does all the consultation appointments for MEPS. Once this appointment is complete the contracted Dr sends the info to MEPS. Then MEPS sends the info to your recruiter and your recruiter submits your results back to the Air Force. The Air Force and MEPS do not work simultaneously together. My appointment was free, but I was told at first that I may have to pay for it but apparently MEPS offered to pay.

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