Hearing Disability

• If the screening process is unclear to you, ask the screener to write the information down.
• If you can read lips or are hard of hearing, ask the screener to look directly at you and repeat the information slowly.
• If you need to communicate with the screener, inform her/him of your disability and the way in which you can communicate.  TSA screeners are trained to provide whatever assistance they can to persons with hearing disabilities.
• It is not necessary to remove hearing aids or the exterior component a cochlear implant at the security checkpoint.
• It is best if you wear your hearing device while going through the metal detector.
• According to hearing device manufacturers, hearing aids and cochlear implants are not affected by x-ray, the walk-through metal detectors, or the hand-held metal detectors.
• If you are uneasy about how your devices may be affected by the metal detectors, you can ask the screener for a full body pat-down inspection in lieu of going through the metal detector.
• If you use a hearing dog, you and the dog will remain together at all times while going through the security checkpoint.  See the "Service Animal" section for more tips on service animals in the screening process.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security