Claim of Raskoff v. Long Island Daily Press

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed February 23, 1971. Claimant was employed as a pressman by the Long Island Press for 12 years. It is undisputed that as a result of a congenital deformity claimant had a total loss of hearing in his left ear. He now has a deafness in his right ear as a result of exposure to excessive industrial noise. The board found that due to his 100% binaural loss of hearing he was entitled to an award: “ The Board Panel finds that where there is a previous impairment of one ear it is contemplated that the other ear will be unencumbered and…