Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01093:reg:7
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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about conductive hearing loss and death from conductive hearing loss.
Meaning of conductive hearing loss
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, conductive hearing loss:
(a)          means acquired hearing loss due to defective conduction of sound from the external environment to the inner ear, with a permanent shift to a hearing threshold level of 25 decibels (dB) or more in the frequency of 500, 1 000, 2 000, 3 000, 4 000 or 6 000 hertz (Hz), and an air-bone gap in the affected ear of:
(i)            at least 10 dB at three or more of these frequencies; or
(ii)         at least 15 dB at any one of these frequencies.
                Note 1: The hearing loss is related to defective conduction of sound through the external auditory canal, the tympanic membrane (ear drum), middle ear ossicles or the middle ear space.
Note 2: air-bone gap is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
Death from conductive hearing loss
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, conductive hearing loss, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's conductive hearing loss.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.