Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332:reg:3d:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01332
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Provision Reference: reg 3D (pt 13/13)
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at the date of the audiogram being used. For example, a veteran whose 67th birthday fell on the day after the audiogram was performed, was 66 on the date of the audiogram.

    Determine the appropriate adjustment for presbyacusis from Table 7.1.9.

    Table 7.1.9 includes different values for both males and females and has separate columns for bilateral accepted hearing losses and for unilateral accepted hearing losses.

    The value obtained from Table 7.1.9 is subtracted from the PLH.

    The tabular format below shows how the work can be set out. The "adjustment for presbyacusis" (obtained from Table 7.1.9) is to be subtracted from the APLH (obtained in Step 3). The result of this subtraction is the "age adjusted hearing loss".

       Accepted Hearing Loss

 FREQ     Hearing Levels (dB)     Loss
  (Hz)    Right                Left     (%)
   500
  1000
  1500
  2000
  3000
  4000

APHL =

           adjustment for presbyacusis =

             age adjusted hearing loss =

from Table 7.1.9

PLHB = Percentage bilateral loss of hearing due to age and is dependent upon both age and gender.

    PLHU = Percentage unilateral loss of hearing due to age and is dependent upon both age and gender.

   SCALE
7.1.9

    ADJUSTMENT FOR PRESBYACUSIS Bilateral  Unilateral
              Males     Females        Males        Females
Age           PLHB      PLHB            PLHU      PLHU
(in years)   (percent)    (percent)    (percent)    (percent)
below 60      0         0            0            0