85B.12 - HEARING AID PROVIDED.

 85B.12  HEARING AID PROVIDED.
 A reduction of the compensation payable to an employee for
 occupational hearing loss shall not be made because the employee's
 ability to communicate may be improved by the use of a hearing aid.
 An employer who is liable for occupational hearing loss of an
 employee is required to provide the employee with a hearing aid for
 each affected ear unless it will not materially improve the
 employee's ability to communicate.  

         Section History: Early Form

 [C81, § 85B.12] 

         Section History: Recent Form

 98 Acts, ch 1160, § 10