Okla. Stat. tit. 85, Rule 22
Hearing Impairment
Effective Jan 30, 2006Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 130 , eff. November 1, 1997; Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2000 OK 13 , eff. April 15, 2000; Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2002 OK 6, eff. March 1, 2002; Renumbered from former Rule 32 by order of the Supreme Court, 2006 OK 6 , eff. January 30, 2006.
- A. The "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" of the American Medical Association shall be used to evaluate permanent impairment caused by hearing loss where the last exposure occurred on or after June 1, 1987. Prior to that date, former "Rule 37", as set out in Appendix "A" to the Court Rules shall be used to evaluate hearing loss.
- B. Hearing loss in only one ear shall be rated under the AMA Guides as a monaural hearing loss. Hearing loss in both ears shall be rated under the AMA Guides as a binaural hearing loss and shall not be converted to a whole person rating.
Adopted by order of the Supreme Court,