Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01396:reg:6
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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about toxic vestibulopathy and death from toxic vestibulopathy.
Meaning of toxic vestibulopathy
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, toxic vestibulopathy:
(a)          means damage to the vestibular organs of the inner ear or the vestibular nerve as a result of exposure to a chemical agent, resulting in symptoms or signs of vestibular loss; and
(b)          excludes impairment of balance due to damage to the brain or brainstem.
Note: Typical symptoms and signs of damage to the vestibular nerve or vestibular organs include nausea, vomiting, vertigo, dizziness, disequilibrium, nystagmus (eye jerking) and oscillopsia (blurred vision with head movement).
Death from toxic vestibulopathy
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, toxic vestibulopathy, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's toxic vestibulopathy.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.