Hearing
Loss Table
A
table for determining compensable percentage of hearing loss shall be
promulgated by the Commission.
All
determinations are to be made (i) without the use of a hearing aid;
and (ii) with a pure-tone audiometer by air conduction alone.
Hearing
loss in decibels is to be recorded at 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 cycles
per second. The audiometer must be calibrated to the ANSI 1969 standard.
The
average decibel loss is to be translated into percentage of compensable
hearing loss of each ear according to the following table:
| Average
Decibel Loss |
Percent
of Compensable Hearing Loss |
Average
Decibel Loss |
Percent
of Compensable Hearing Loss |
| 27
|
0.8
|
60
|
55.0
|
| 28
|
2.2
|
61
|
56.7
|
| 29
|
3.6
|
62
|
58.3
|
| 30
|
5.0
|
63
|
60.0
|
| 31
|
6.7
|
64
|
61.7
|
| 32
|
8.3
|
65
|
63.3
|
| 33
|
10.0
|
66
|
65.0
|
| 34
|
11.7
|
67
|
66.7
|
| 35
|
13.3
|
68
|
68.3
|
| 36
|
15.0
|
69
|
70.0
|
| 37
|
16.7
|
70
|
71.7
|
| 38
|
18.3
|
71
|
73.3
|
| 39
|
20.0
|
72
|
75.0
|
| 40
|
21.7
|
73
|
76.4
|
| 41
|
23.3
|
74
|
77.8
|
| 42
|
25
0 |
75
|
79.2
|
| 43
|
26.7
|
76
|
80.6
|
| 44
|
28.3
|
77
|
82.0
|
| 45
|
30
0 |
78
|
83.4
|
| 46
|
31.7
|
79
|
84.8
|
| 47
|
33.3
|
80
|
86.2
|
| 48
|
35
0 |
81
|
87.6
|
| 49
|
36.7
|
82
|
89.0
|
| 50
|
38.3
|
83
|
90.4
|
| 51
|
40
0 |
84
|
91.8
|
| 52
|
41.7
|
85
|
93.2
|
| 53
|
43.3
|
86
|
94.6
|
| 54
|
45
0 |
87
|
96.0
|
| 55
|
46.7
|
88
|
97.4
|
| 56
|
48.3
|
89
|
98.8
|
| 57
|
50
0 |
90
|
|
| 58
|
51.7
|
and
|
|
| 59
|
53.3
|
over
|
100
|
No allowance
for presbycusis is to be made
|
|
