Worker's Compensation


The Worker's Compensation Program was established in 1911 to encourage employers to make the workplace safer by requiring safety programs and use of safety devices.

Since 1911, there have been over 2.5 million worker's compensation claims filed. Hearing loss claims now rank #3 in the number of occupational disease claims filed.

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Worker's Comp Facts
  • Workplace noise contributes up to 66% of all hearing loss.

  • Hearing loss worker's comp is the same as for an arm or leg.

  • Benefits are tax-free and do not affect Social Security.

  • Workplace only needs to CONTRIBUTE to hearing loss.

  • No statute of limitations to claim benefits.


Worker's compensation benefits for hearing loss are largely undiscovered benefits covering hearing health care, which is often uninsured. Many health insurance policies and programs like Medicare do not cover hearing aid purchases but worker's compensation can. It also pays for the disability of hearing loss just as it does for the loss of eyesight or other injury.

Aging populations, advances in technology and greater sensitivity to hearing loss are bringing more attention to financing hearing health care. For the most part, those who qualify for hearing loss benefits under worker's compensation are retired hearing impaired workers who live on fixed incomes.

Always feel free to ask Johnson Law Offices about the process, the law or an individual case. The legal, medical and audiometric questions that come into play in a worker's compensation hearing loss claim can be complicated. The claims require attention to detail mixed with an ability to work well with hearing impaired retirees and their families, especially spouses, and their hearing health care professionals.

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