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title: "Table a Queensland industrial-deafness claim from the audiograms"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-industrial-deafness-claim-from-the-audiograms/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-11-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Table a Queensland industrial-deafness claim from the audiograms

> From the audiograms and the employment history the lawyer supplies, using a firm-controlled tool, table the dates, the figures the reports state, the employers and the exclusions the pages name.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the audiograms and the employment history the lawyer supplies, using a firm-controlled tool, table the dates, the figures the reports state, the employers and the exclusions the pages name. Do not convert a figure to a degree of permanent impairment. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide whether the hearing loss is claimed, and against which employment. Do not convert an audiogram figure. Section 125(3) requires at least five years of employment in the State. Apply the pages' exclusions, kept separate from section 125(4)'s first 5% of diminution of hearing. Use a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and any notifiable breach. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Prepare an industrial deafness claim from the audiograms](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-industrial-deafness-claim-from-the-audiograms.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer claims the loss. The tool tables the reports and the stated exclusions, and does not convert them.

- What the AI does: From the audiograms and the employment history the lawyer supplies, using a firm-controlled tool, table the dates, the figures the reports state, the employers and the exclusions the pages name. Do not convert a figure to a degree of permanent impairment.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Record the diagnosis, the certificate and the work history the lawyer supplies.
2. List the three exclusions the pages name.
3. Do not calculate a degree of permanent impairment.

## Notes

- Health, wage and scheme records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a disclosure is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- WorkCover says a person who is not working can still claim if they would usually be working, or retired less than a year ago, and that the claim needs a diagnosis, a work capacity certificate, and five years or more of Queensland work where noise contributed. WorkSafe describes the work test as five years or more in a job where noise was a factor. Both pages say compensation is a lump sum. WorkCover says the degree of permanent impairment can be 0 per cent. Both pages say the offer takes account of loss outside Queensland or while self-employed, 5 per cent of hearing loss that occurs naturally, and hearing loss already counted in previous assessments. The pages say a further claim can be made every three years if hearing gets worse, with the same exclusions. WorkSafe ties that further claim to first accepting the offer.
- WorkSafe says damages as well as the lump sum are open only if the degree is 20 per cent or more, and that a degree between 5 and 19 per cent requires a choice of the lump sum or damages. A tribunal decision on industrial deafness is final and cannot be appealed. Section 125(3) requires at least five years of employment in the State at a location where the noise level was a significant contributing factor. Section 125(4) bars lump sum compensation for the first 5% of diminution of hearing. That bar is separate from the pages' exclusion for 5% of hearing loss that occurs naturally. Section 126 allows a further application only if it is lodged more than three years after the previous application was lodged, and further lump sum compensation only for a further diminution of more than 1%. The guidelines' hearing section was not opened, so the conversion from the audiogram is not done here.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Industrial deafness claims in Queensland

**Deliverable**: A table of dates, stated figures, employers and exclusions. No converted impairment.

**Inputs**

- The audiograms
- The employment history
- The diagnosis and the work capacity certificate

**Example**: Illustrative example: An audiogram states a binaural figure and the history shows six years of noisy Queensland work plus two years self-employed. The table records both periods and the self-employment exclusion. It does not convert the figure.

**Stop and escalate when**

- There is no audiogram and no work history.
- The tool is asked to convert the figure or to apply an unopened threshold.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [WorkCover Queensland: industrial deafness](https://www.workcoverqld.com.au/claims-and-payments/claims/injuries-we-cover/industrial-deafness) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: industrial deafness](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/work-related-injuries/types-of-injury-or-illness/industrial-deafness) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*