Armco, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

In the case of Babcock & Wilcox v. Workmen's Appeal Board (Marshall), 97 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 46, 508 A.2d 1303 (1986), decided this day, we vacated an order of the Appeal Board affirming an award of compensation for loss of hearing claimed by the worker under Section 306(c)(8) of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §513. Here, as in that case, the compensation authorities improperly applied a test described in some of our cases to the effect that a claimant may establish a loss of hearing by demonstrating that…