460 IAC 14-17-1 - Requirements

Authority: IC 12-8-8.5-4; IC 12-9-2-3; IC 12-9-5-1; IC 12-9-5-3

Affected: IC 12-9-5; IC 12-12-1

Sec. 1.

(a) The VR program may provide a hearing aid or assistive listening device to an applicant or eligible individual who requires a hearing aid or assistive listening device to achieve his or her employment outcome and is determined to have:

(1) a pure tone average (PTA) loss, measured at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, of 40dB or more in the better ear without correction;

(2) a PTA loss, measured at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, of an equal or greater PTA loss in the other ear without correction; and

(3) an unaided speech discrimination score of less than seventy percent (70%), as determined with the use of phonetically balanced word lists administered at 50dB in sound.

(b) If the applicant or eligible individual does not qualify for a hearing aid or assistive listening device pursuant to the requirements in subsection (a), the applicant or eligible individual must:

(1) meet any two (2) of the three (3) criteria described in subsection (a); and

(2) have either:

(A) a secondary hearing condition that causes the applicant or eligible individual to have a substantial impediment to employment verified by an otologist or other qualified specialist; or

(B) a hearing loss which makes the applicant or eligible individual unable to perform the essential job functions of the planned employment outcome.

Notes

460 IAC 14-17-1

Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services; 460 IAC 14-17-1; filed 7/13/2015, 4:09 p.m.: 20150812-IR-460140507FRA Readopted filed 8/18/2021, 10:01 a.m.: 20210915-IR-460210198RFA