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Another thing: I am kind of concerned about working with the radio
because I was born with hearing loss and I am afraid I may not be able
to communicate efficiently.

I find I hear best of all with headsets on, with all of the extraneous noise
blocked out. It gives me the freedom to turn up my own volume as loud as I
want.

Active noise cancellation might well be a very good thing for you. Most
people's hearing loss is in the upper frequency range, so you have to be
able to use the rest (mid and low range) to hear the communications.
Blocking out all (read most) of those low frequency sounds will clean up
what you are needing (mid and low) to help you make the best of what you
have left.

Being born with hearing loss may have left you with a different kind of loss
than what I have described, so if that is the case, . . . .

"Never mind!" g