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