USCC Workers Comp 2023 - 48

48 | 2023 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws
Chart V-Occupational Hearing Loss, cont.
Jurisdiction
Separation
From Noise
Before Filing
Prince
Edward
Island
Effective 6/1/14,
no more than
five years.
Minimum
Exposure in Last
Employment
No requirement. Facts
must support injurious
exposure being the
dominant cause.
Liability for Prior
Loss
If worker had established
loss prior to commencing
employment, he or she
will be compensated
only for increased
hearing loss caused by
injuries.
Québec
Saskatchewan
No
requirement
No requirement
No requirement27
If not traumatic
(and traceable to
specific incident),
must be evidence
of continuous
occupational noise
exposure for two or
more years at specific
decibel levels and
durations, and the
occupational noise
exposure must be the
predominant cause.
Yukon
Territory
No more than
two years
Continuous noise
exposure for two years
or more, eight hours
per day at 85 dB(A)
or a threshold limit
value with a 3 dB(A)
exchange rate for
levels above 85 dB(A);
or intermittent noise
exposure for a fiveyear
period at eight
hours per day at 85
dB(A), or a threshold
limit value with a 3
dB(A) exchange rate
for levels above 85
dB(A).
Apportionment may
apply28
To qualify, a noiseinduced
hearing
loss claim must be a
result of hearing loss
predominantly from work
exposure in a high-noise
industry. If accepted,
however, they will not
have the presbycusis
factor deducted in
determining the level of
permanent functional
impairment (PFI) award.
Proportionally attributed
Total Loss
Wage loss, medical
aid, and impairment
award as applicable
One Ear
Wage loss,
medical aid,
and impairment
as applicable
Deduction for
Presbycusis
No, as per AMA,
6th edition
Benefits
Failure
to Use
Protective
Device1
No impact
Compensable Loss
of Hearing (dB)1
Greater than 25
Loss of
Hearing
Considered
Total (dB)1
Cycles at
Which Loss Is
Measured (Hz)1
500-1,000-2,0003,000
Up
to 54% of total
body impairment
Single lump-sum
award based
on measurable
permanent
functional
impairment (AMA
guidelines).
2.50%
Single lumpsum
award
based on
measurable
permanent
functional
impairment
(AMA
guidelines).
No
No impact
No
No impact
30
A decibel sum hearing
loss (DSHL) totaling
125 or greater in one
ear qualifies for a PFI
award; a DSHL totaling
105 or greater in each
of both ears qualifies
for a PFI award; a DSHL
totaling 367 in one ear
is considered a total
loss of hearing in that
ear.
Cost of necessary
health care services
and hearing devices
PP and medical
aid
No
No impact
Four frequencies
averaged is 25 dB
hearing loss or greater
in either ear.
70
AMA
guidelines
500-1,000-2,0004,000
500-1,000-2,0003,000
AMA
91.7
500-1,000-2,0003,000

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