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70         National Asthma Council, 2002, Asthma Management Handbook 2002, 5th edition, Melbourne: National Asthma Council of Australia.

GLOSSARY
 In this Guide:
 Activities of daily living means those activities that an employee needs to perform to function in a non-specific environment (that is, to live). Performance of activities of daily living is measured by reference to primary biological and psychosocial function.
 Aggravation includes acceleration or recurrence (SRC Act, subsection 4(1)). See also the Principles of Assessment.
 Ailment means any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development) (SRC Act, subsection 4(1)).
 AMA4 means the Fourth Edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (1995) and any errata published prior to the commencement date.
 AMA5 means the Fifth Edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (2001) and any errata published prior to the commencement date.
 Assessor in relation to an employee means:
     a)       a legally qualified medical practitioner or audiologist, other than the employee, who is registered to practise a health profession with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency;
     b)       the relevant authority in relation to the employee;
     c)       a member within the meaning of section 3 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.
 Binaural hearing loss means hearing loss affecting both ears. For the purposes of this Guide, binaural hearing loss does not include tinnitus.
 Commencement date has the meaning given in section 2 of the instrument titled Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 – Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment Edition 3.0.
 Disease has its ordinary meaning in Division 1 of this Guide.
 Impairment means the loss, the loss of the use, or the damage or malfunction, of any part of the body or of any bodily system or function or part of such system or function (SRC Act, subsection 4(1)). See also the Principles of Assessment.
 Injury in relation to an employee means an injury suffered by the employee in respect of which compensation is payable under the SRC Act (SRC Act, subsections 4(3) and 4(8), and sections 5A, 123A and 124).
 Loss of amenities in relation to an employee means the effects on the employee's mobility, social relationships and recreation and leisure activities. See also the Principles of Assessment.
 Medical treatment has its ordinary meaning in Division 1 of this Guide.
 Non-economic loss (NEL) in relation to an employee who has suffered an injury resulting in a permanent impairment, means loss or damage of a non-economic kind suffered by the employee (including pain and suffering, a loss of expectation of life or a loss of the amenities or enjoyment of life) as a result of