Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:4000:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4000 (pt 8/8)
Character Range: 302112–303419

3.7  4.3  5.0  5.7  6.5  7.2  8.0  8.7  9.2  9.6  9.8  10.0
                                                                                                                                <=20  25    30   35   40   45   50   55   60   65   70   75   80   85   90   >=95

Note: the worse ear is the one with the higher value HTL!

APHL may be age adjusted

Step 4: Make any necessary age adjustment.

Calculate the veteran's age (in completed years) 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