Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01386:reg:9:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01386
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 5/5)
Character Range: 14182–16199

barotrauma involving the affected ear; or
(b)          cerebral arterial gas embolism; or
(c)          decompression sickness;
within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
Note: Otitic barotrauma is also known as otic barotrauma.
(53)      having acoustic shock at the time of the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
Note: acoustic shock is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(54)      having a bacterial infection from the specified list of bacterial infections within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
Note: specified list of bacterial infections is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(55)      having a viral infection from the specified list of viral infections within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
Note: specified list of viral infections is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(56)      having meningitis or encephalitis within the one year before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(57)      having neurosyphilis before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(58)      having tuberculosis involving the nasopharynx, meninges, temporal bone, middle ear or inner ear of the affected side before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(59)      having typhoid fever within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(60)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the auditory apparatus was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(61)      having:
(a)           a cobalt-containing metal-on-metal hip prosthesis; or
(b)           a serum cobalt concentration of at least 200 micrograms per litre;
for at least the four weeks before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(62)      having vitamin B1 (thiamine) or vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency at the time of the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(63)      having carbon monoxide poisoning within the 48 hours before the clinical worsening of tinnitus;
(64)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for tinnitus.