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benign or malignant neoplasm involving the affected auditory nerve or cochlea at the time of the clinical worsening of sensorineural hearing loss;
(54)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the affected cochlea or auditory nerve was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of sensorineural hearing loss;
(55)      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 worsening of sensorineural hearing loss, and where that exposure has ceased, the clinical worsening of sensorineural hearing loss has occurred within two years of cessation;
            Note: specified list of chemical agents is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(56)      smoking at least 20 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical worsening of sensorineural hearing loss, and where smoking has ceased, the clinical worsening 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.
(57)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for sensorineural hearing loss.
     10           Relationship to service
(1)          The existence in a person of any factor referred to in section 9, must be related to the relevant service rendered by the person.
(2)          The factor set out in subsection 9(29) to 9(57) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, sensorineural hearing loss where the person's sensorineural hearing loss was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person's relevant service.
     11           Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
In this Statement of Principles:
(1)          if a factor referred to in section 9 applies in relation to a person; and
(2)          that factor refers to an injury or disease in respect of which a Statement of Principles has been determined under subsection 196B(3) of the VEA;
then the factors in that Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Schedule 1 - Dictionary
Note: See Section 6