Army Chief suffers hearing loss
New Delhi- January 19.Army chief Deepak Kapoor suffers from hearing
impairment after exposure to heavy booming sound of artillery guns
during a demonstration on anti-terror operation in the US in July last
year.The disability, which puts him in a low medical category, will fetch
him 20 per cent extra pension after his superannuation in March, the army
sources said. Kapoor realised about his hearing impairment after he
underwent examination at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in
November last year.
The sources said the General visited the hospital after he experienced
difficulty in hearing in his left ear. Kapoor told the doctors that he had
been experiencing problem in hearing from the left ear ever since his
visit to the US in July last year.
He said it could be because of exposure to booming sounds of small
weapons and gunfire during a demonstration by US troops on anti-terror
operations. Kapoorhimself had fired from a few weapons during the
demonstration. — PTI
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