Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587:reg:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 7544–10555

Note: specified list of bacterial infections is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(11)      having an infection with a virus from the specified list of viruses, within the 30 days before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: specified list of viruses is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      having viral labyrinthitis of the affected ear within the 30 days before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(13)      having meningitis or encephalitis within the one year before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(14)      having neurosyphilis before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(15)      having tuberculosis of the meninges, middle ear or inner ear of the affected side, before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(16)      having leprosy before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(17)      having a disease from the specified list of bone diseases, affecting the petrous temporal bone or middle ear ossicles of the affected side, at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: specified list of bone diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(18)      having osteoporosis at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(19)      having a disease from the specified list of autoimmune diseases at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: specified list of autoimmune diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(20)      having multiple sclerosis at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(21)      having diabetes mellitus at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(22)      having a disease from the specified list of haematological diseases at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
            Note: specified list of haematological diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(23)      having a cerebrovascular accident within the three months before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
(24)      having a lesion interrupting the supply of blood to the cochlea of the affected ear at the time of the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
Note: Examples of lesions interrupting the supply of blood to the cochlea include, but are not limited to, thrombosis, haemorrhage or vasospasm of the vertebro-basilar circulation, and intralabyrinthine haemorrhage or infarction.
(25)      having blunt trauma, penetrating trauma or surgery to the cochlea or auditory nerve of the affected side, within the five years before the clinical onset of sensorineural hearing loss;
Note: Examples of trauma include, but 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