Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587:reg:9:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 10283–13260

are not limited to, temporal bone fracture and basilar skull fracture.
(26)      having moderate to severe traumatic brain injury within the three months before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(27)      having a benign or malignant neoplasm involving the affected auditory nerve or cochlea at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(28)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the affected cochlea or auditory nerve was in the field of radiation, before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(29)      inhaling, ingesting or having cutaneous contact with an agent from the specified list of chemical agents, for a cumulative period of at least 2 500 hours within a continuous period of five years, before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss, and where that exposure has ceased, the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss has occurred within two years of cessation;
            Note: specified list of chemical agents is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(30)      having:
(a)          a cobalt-containing metal-on-metal hip prosthesis; or
(b)          a serum cobalt concentration of at least 200 micrograms per litre;
         for at least four weeks before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(31)      smoking at least ten pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss, and where smoking has ceased, the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss has occurred within five years of cessation;
Note: pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(32)      being exposed to second-hand smoke:
(a)          for at least 2 500 hours before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss; and
(b)          where the first exposure to second-hand smoke commenced at least five years before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss; and
(c)          where the last exposure to second-hand smoke occurred within the two years before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: being exposed to second-hand smoke is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(33)      consuming an average of at least 100 grams of alcohol per day for at least the four years before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
Note: Alcohol consumption is calculated utilising the Australian Standard of ten grams of alcohol per standard alcoholic drink.
(34)      being obese for at least five years within the ten years before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(35)      having hypertension at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(36)      being exposed to a peak sound pressure level at the tympanic membrane of at least 140 dB(C) before the clinical worsening