16VAC30-50-130. Rule 12. 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 shall 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
27	.8
28	2.2
29	3.6
30	5
31	6.7
32	8.3
33	10
34	11.7
35	13.3
36	15
37	16.7
38	18.3
39	20
40	21.7
41	23.3
42	25
43	26.7
44	28.3
45	30
46	31.7
47	33.3
48	35
49	36.7
50	38.3
51	40
52	41.7
53	43.3
54	45
55	46.7
56	48.3
57	50
58	51.7
59	53.3
60	55
61	56.7
62	58.3
63	60
64	61.7
65	63.3
66	65
67	66.7
68	68.3
69	70
70	71.7
71	73.3
72	75
73	76.4
74	77.8
75	79.2
76	80.6
77	82
78	83.4
79	84.8
80	86.2
81	87.6
82	89
83	90.4
84	91.8
85	93.2
86	94.6
87	96
88	97.4
89	98.8
90 and over	100
No allowance for presbycusis is to be made

Statutory Authority

§ 65.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR405-01-06, Rule 12, eff. January 1, 1994.

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