Recent content by BW1990

Yes, I’ve been reading around the standards and I asked at the medical too and was told that hearing aids are possible if they reach a certain fitment requirement but that your employer has to request a ‘hearing aid specific’ medical exam and you have to reach that benchmark to be deemed...

It was for a control room job which is the particularly gutting aspect of it as it wasn’t advertised as a safety critical post when I applied but I’ve been told by the company they are looking to go safety critical in the near future so that is the standard they are testing to.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge or experience of being able to take up a safety critical role specifically with MTR if they wear a hearing aid? I have recently failed a train movement medical (unsurprisingly as I was born with a hearing impairment in one of my ears) and I have...