When his accident occurred, claimant, a maintenance mechanic, had been employed about nine weeks. The employer's superintendent testified that about a month after hiring claimant he noticed "that he was a little hard of hearing"; that "sometimes I told him to go places and I realized he didn't hear me because he didn't go." Asked if he considered the supposed hearing defect "a permanent thing", he said, "Yes. After all, if you are hard of...
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