Lynch v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert Lynch, appeals from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, which affirmed the Order entered by *121the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (“Board”). The Board reversed the referee’s decision which awarded Appellant specific loss benefits under 77 P.S. § 513(8) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act1 for the loss of hearing in his left ear. We granted allocatur to address the question of whether an audiologist’s testimony and reports constitute medical testimony sufficient to establish a compensable injury. For the reasons that follow, we affirm…