---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.385"
title: "38"
number: "3.385"
heading: "Disability due to impaired hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.385"
---

# §3.385. Disability due to impaired hearing.


For the purposes of applying the laws administered by VA, impaired hearing will be considered to be a disability when the auditory threshold in any of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 Hertz is 40 decibels or greater; or when the auditory thresholds for at least three of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000 Hertz are 26 decibels or greater; or when speech recognition scores using the Maryland CNC Test are less than 94 percent.


## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 60560, Nov. 25, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 60560, Nov. 25, 1994]