Comment and Questions

PLH VS PBI:

• 14 Oct 2003: BL PLH=9,6 PBI=2,5 BC PLH=10,7 PBI=1,3
• Compensation according to baseline, but on PBI, therefore compensation must be claimed.
• Baseline comparison has poorer PLH (>10%) but better PBI (<1.7%).
• If diagnostic tests confirm this and compensation is claimed on baseline, then this becomes the compensation audiogram for future reference and comparison.

There may be great confusion when you compare PLH and PBI values with each other. Let’s presume that these 2 baseline tests were also the findings of a diagnostic audiogram dated 14 October 2003. We now have the following scenario:
Diagnostic 1 : PLH = 9,6 PBI = 2,5 (best PLH, but worse PBI)
Diagnostic 2: PLH = 10,7 PBI = 1,3 (Worse PLH, but best PBI).

The employee is not compensatable because the PBI=1,3 on diagnostic 2 – it is therefore regarded as the best audiogram in terms of CI 168. Diagnostic 1 should however be used as the future baseline, because it has the lowest PLH (9,7) in terms of CI 171.