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Chart V-Occupational Hearing Loss, cont.
Jurisdiction
Newfoundland and
Labrador
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Separation
From Noise
Before Filing
Minimum
Exposure in Last
Employment
Liability for Prior
Loss
No requirement
Continuous noise
exposure for two
years or more at eight
hours per day at 85
dB(A), or a threshold
limit value with a
3 dB(A) exchange
rate for levels other
than 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 other than
85 dB(A).
Apportionment may
apply
Benefits
Total Loss
One Ear
30% total
disability24
5% total
disability
Deduction
for
Presbycusis
Failure
to Use
Protective
Device1
Yes25
No impact
Compensable Loss
of Hearing (dB)1
25 dB loss or more
bilaterally for
entitlement to hearing
aids.
Loss of
Hearing
Considered
Total (dB)1
Cycles at
Which Loss Is
Measured (Hz)1
80
500-1,000-2,0003,000
35 dB loss or more
bilaterally for
entitlement to hearing
aids and a PFI award.
Northwest
Territories
and Nunavut
No requirement
No requirement; facts
must support injurious
exposure (generally
over two years)
Apportionment may
apply
30%
5%
Yes
No impact
25
75
500-1,000-2,0003,000
Nova Scotia
Statute silent
Statute silent
Apportionment may
apply
Same as PMI
Same as PMI
No
No impact
AMA, 4th edition
AMA, 4th
edition
250-8,000 with
assessing an NIHL
pattern at 3,000,
4,000, or 6,000 with
a recovery at 8,000.
Ontario
No requirement
26
Apportionment may
apply
35% of total body
impairment
6% of total body
impairment
Yes
No impact
22.5 (ANSI '69)
92 (ANSI '69)
500-1,000-2,0003,000
Prince
Edward
Island
Effective 6/1/14,
no more than
five years.
No requirement. Facts
must support injurious
exposure being the
dominant cause.
If worker had established Wage loss, medical
loss prior to commencing aid, and impairment
employment, he or she
award as applicable
will be compensated
only for increased
hearing loss caused by
injuries.
Wage loss,
medical aid, and
impairment as
applicable
No, as per
AMA, 6th
edition
No impact
Greater than 25
500-1,000-2,0003,000
Québec
No requirement
No requirement27
Apportionment may
apply28
2.50%
No
No impact
30
70
500-1,000-2,0004,000
Up to 54% of total
body impairment
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