Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Regulations 2021
20Industrial deafness
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20 Industrial deafness
(1) In this regulation –
BHI means binaural hearing impairment.
(2) For the purpose of section 73(3) of the Act, the class of persons is the class consisting of persons who are –
(a) medical practitioners with specialised qualifications and experience in otorhinolaryngology; or
(b) full members, or qualified to be full members, of the Audiological Society of Australia.
(3) The following table is prescribed for the purpose of section 73(4) of the Act:
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Relationship of binaural hearing impairment to impairment of the whole person
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| | % BHI | % Whole person impairment | | 1. | 5 or less | 0 | | 2. | More than 5 | 5 + [0.278 (BHI-5)] (rounded to the nearest whole number) |