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EHTESHAMFAR v. UTA ENGINEERED SYSTEMS

No. 95-1506.

555 N.W.2d 450 (1996)

Reza EHTESHAMFAR, Claimant, Appellant, v. UTA ENGINEERED SYSTEMS DIV., Employer, and CIGNA, Insurance Carrier, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Wertz, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Harry W. Dahl, Jr., Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

Tinnitus is an affliction which causes a person to experience false auditory sensations, perceiving ringing sounds when no sounds exist. The industrial commissioner characterized this condition to be a hearing loss, not a separate injury to the body as a whole. We think this determination was a misapplication of law.

Petitioner Resa Ehteshamfar worked for respondent UTA Engineered Systems Division [hereinafter UTA] from June 1973 until February...

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