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TABLE 7.1
Hearing
(Percentage Whole Person Impairment)
Hearing defects are assessed in accordance with the current procedures from the Australian National Acoustic Laboratories.
Once the binaural percentage loss of hearing has been calculated, it is then converted to a whole person impairment value.
The calculation for converting the percentage loss of hearing to a whole person percentage is:
(Percentage Loss of Hearing)
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TABLE 7.2