BLOOM, Judge.
The sole question posed by this appeal is whether an employee who suffers from a condition of impaired hearing resulting from protracted exposure to noise in the course of his occupation, but who has not yet experienced any "disablement," i.e., loss of wages or capacity to perform his regular work, is entitled to receive worker's compensation. We hold that he is.
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