SSC 2023 Recruitment: Exam Centre Rules changed for Hearing-Impaired candidates, check details

The Commission in an official notification announced that, "This facility will be extended to only those candidates who fall under the category of Hearing Impaired on the production of such a certificate issued by the competent authority or as indicated in their Admission Certificates of the examination. "

SSC 2023 Recruitment: Exam Centre Rules changed for Hearing-Impaired candidates, check details

Considering the inconveniences faced by the hearing-impaired candidates at the examination venues, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced that it has decided to allow the hearing-impaired candidates to use their hearing aids till the completion of the registration process at examination venues.  This comes as a major relief to many hearing-impaired students who have been facing difficulty at the examination center will the lack of facility and time it use to take at the venue to undertake forensic testing of electronic devices.

The Commission in an official notification announced that, "This facility will be extended to only those candidates who fall under the category of Hearing Impaired on the production of such a certificate issued by the competent authority or as indicated in their Admission Certificates of the examination. "

Download the official notification here: https://ssc.nic.in/SSCFileServer/PortalManagement/UploadedFiles/Important_Notice_11052023. pdf

As per the SSC, all those candidates who have a loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies will be considered under the category of hearing impaired.

"After completion of the registration process, such a candidate will be required to remove/put off his/ her hearing aid since as per the existing norms, instructions to the candidate relevant to the examination are made available on the computer screen before commencement of the examination. The candidates will be allowed to use the hearing aid only if any announcement is made in the examination hall or he/she has any clarification to ask. Onus of keeping the device switched off at all time during the exam will rest with the candidate and misuse, if any, will lead to immediate action and debarment," the notification further added.

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