I would strongly suspect that the opinion of any HCP will depend on any experience they have of a given condition, in this case hearing loss. No doubt the environment in which the appellant was originally assessed and again in the Tribunal, represented near perfect conditions for a person with a hearing loss to experience.
We are frequently told during Tribunal hearings that "you can hear quite clearly what i'm saying today Mr Whatever". Thats because there are no external noise distractions, such as that experienced in the street, a supermarket or wherever, external noise influence is present.
We know and as i have posted before, that HCP's are not trained in deaf awareness, they may (or some might) as i previously stated have experience of hearing loss, but we know from questions posed directly to ATOS, that training in hearing loss and in particular BSL first language users is non existant.
Make of that what you will
Please see previous posting of Aug 27th.
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