20 May 2004
Booth v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2004] NZACC 144
- Court
- District Court
Hyperacusis is a physical injury (an acute sensitivity to sound) rather than a mental injury under s27; hyperacusis and tinnitus are causally linked to workplace noise and are physical injuries under s30, and phonophobia arises in part from those physical injuries, so the appellant is entitled to cover for both hyperacusis and phonophobia and the review decision is quashed.