85B.12 - HEARING AID PROVIDED. - Iowa Statutes

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