Hearing Loss & Notice

Crompton v. WCAB(King), which came down on August 5, 2008 from our Commonwealth Court, has affirmed some important principles regarding notice in the field of hearing loss. Essentially, the employee must be advised by a health care provider that he or she has work related hearing loss in order to trigger the employee’s obligation to give notice to the employer. It is not enough that the employee believes he or she has work related hearing loss. Also, if the employee continues to be exposed to harmful noise in the work place, this is a continuing injury, so the date of injury is the last date of exposure. See the case here