Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
sch.14-sec.30Extreme ear injury
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sch.14-sec.30 Extreme ear injury
Definition of injury 36 to 55 The injury involves a binaural hearing loss of at least 80%. Additional examples of factors affecting ISV assessment associated problems, for example, severe tinnitus, moderate vertigo, a moderate vestibular disturbance or headaches availability of hearing aids or other devices that may reduce the hearing loss Comment about appropriate level of ISV An ISV at or near the top of the range will be appropriate if the injury happened at an early age so as to prevent or to seriously affect the development of normal speech.