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7. In this Statement of Principles if a relevant factor applies and that factor includes an injury or disease in respect of which there is a Statement of Principles then the factors in that last mentioned Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles.

Other definitions

8. For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

“adequate ear protection” means a device which plugs the outer ear canal or which covers the outside of the ear so as to protect the wearer from harmful noise;

“an ototoxic drug from the specified list” means one of the following:

(a) -difluromethylornithine;

(b) 6-amino nicotinamide;

(c) Amikacin;

(d) Bumetanide;

(e) Cisplatin;

(f) Erythromycin;

(g) Ethacrynic acid;

(h) Frusemide;

(i) Gentamicin;

(j) Kanamycin;

(k) Misonidazole;

(l) Neomycin;

(m) Netilmicin;

(n) Nitrogen Mustard;

(o) Streptomycin;

(p) Tobramycin;

(q) Vancomycin;

(r) Vinblastine;

(s) Vincristine; or

(t) Viomycin;

“a source of vascular sound” means one of the following:

(a) acquired arteriovenous fistulae;

(b) benign intracranial hypertension;

(c) carotid occlusion;

(d) carotid stenosis;

(e) cerebral atherosclerosis;

(f) glomus jugulare tumour;

(g) intracranial aneurysm; or

(h) Paget’s disease of the skull;

“death from tinnitus” in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s tinnitus;

“ICD-10-AM code” means a number assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Second Edition, effective date of 1 July 2000, copyrighted by the National Centre for Classification in Health, Sydney, NSW, and having ISBN 1 86487 271 3;

“impulsive noise” means noise which is characterised by a sharp rise and a rapid decay in sound levels and is less than one second in duration;

“intracranial neoplasm” means a neoplasm affecting the brain, meninges, skull or cranial nerves;

“Meniere’s disease” means a clinical condition characterised by fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, a sense of fullness in the involved ear associated with recurring attacks of rotational vertigo of sudden onset, often associated with nausea and vomiting;