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Virginia workers can be compensated for hearing loss… if they can prove that their hearing loss is a direct result of their job duties.
Many jobs, especially those in construction or some telemarketing jobs, can pose a risk to a workers’ hearing. Continual exposure to loud noises over a long period of time can lead to hearing loss.
The challenge for workers is to prove that their hearing loss happened as a part of their job. In one case, a customer service representative who spent much of her day talking to angry customers lost her hearing. She filed a workers’ comp claim for the hearing loss, but it was denied. Why?
The worker claimed that she spent her entire 8 hour work day exposed to 80 to 90 decibels of noise. However, she had nothing to back up her claim. While she initially won her claim, it was overturned on appeal from her employer.
However, if she had actual proof that her hearing had been compromised because of job-related noise, she would have won.
Some employers are on to hearing loss claims, and will administer hearing tests at the start of employment to cut down on the number of false workers’ comp claims for hearing loss.
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