sch.14-sec.33Minor ear injury

sch.14-sec.33 Minor ear injury

Definition of injury The injury involves a binaural hearing loss of less than 20%. Comment This item covers the bulk of hearing impairment cases. The injury is not to be judged simply by the degree of hearing loss. There will often be a degree of tinnitus present. There may also be minor vertigo or a minor vestibular disturbance causing loss of balance. A vestibular disturbance may increase the level of ISV. 33.1 Moderate tinnitus or hearing loss, or both 6 to 10 33.2 Mild tinnitus with some hearing loss 4 to 5 33.3 Slight or occasional tinnitus with slight hearing loss or an occasional vestibular disturbance, or both 0 to 3