Question of the Week: Hearing Aids in the Cockpit

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

An AVweb poll found that 47% of respondents prefer FAA's NACO paper charts for IFR approaches, while only 3% favor electronic charts.
This week's AVweb poll asks readers if they wear hearing aids while flying and if they experience difficulty hearing transmitted messages.

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This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results

PREVIOUS RESULTS ***

Last week, AVweb asked what type of IFR approach charts our readers prefer to have with them en route.

Nearly half of those who responded (47%, to be exact) said they prefer to use the FAA’s NACO paper charts, while only 3% lean toward the FAA’s NACO electronic charts.

To find out what our other respondents preferred,view the complete breakdown of answers here.

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***

This week, an AVweb readers asks, “Do you wear hearing aids while flying? If so, do you have difficulty hearing transmitted messages?”

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