WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2129
Hearing—For the total loss of hearing of one ear, fifty
weeks; for the total loss of hearing of both ears, one
hundred fifty weeks.
Loss of Use—Permanent loss of use of hand, arm, foot,
leg or eye, shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss
of such hand, arm, foot, leg or eye, and for the loss of the
fractional part of the vision of either one or both eyes,
the injured employee shall be compensated in like propor-
tion to the compensation for total loss of vision, and in
arriving at the fractional part of vision loss regard shall
not be had for the effect that correcting lens or lenses
may have upon the eye or eyes.
Amputations—Amputations between the elbow and the
wrist shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss of a
hand. Amputation between the knee and the ankle shall
be considered as the equivalent of the loss of a foot.
Amputation at or above the elbow shall be considered as
the loss of an arm. Amputation at or above the knee
shall be considered as the loss of the leg.
In all cases where there has been an amputation of a
part of any member of the body herein specified, or the
loss of the use of any part thereof, for which compensation
is not specially provided herein the Commission shall
allow compensation for such proportion of the total number
of weeks allowed for the amputation or the loss of the
use of the entire member, as the affected or amputated
portion thereof bears to the whole.
Disfigurements—For other mutilations and disfigure-
ments not hereinbefore provided for, compensation shall
be allowed in the discretion of the Commission, for not
less than ten weeks nor more than one hundred weeks,
as the Commission may fix, in each case having due regard
to the character of the mutilation and disfigurement as
compared with mutilation and injury hereinbefore spe-
cifically provided for.
(4) Other Cases. In all other cases of disability,
other than those specifically enumerated disabilities set
forth in Sub-section (3) of Section 35, which disability
is partial in character, but permanent in quality, the Com-
mission shall determine the portion or percentage by which
the industrial use of the employee's body was impaired as
a result of the injury, and in determining such portion
or percentage of impairment resulting in an industrial loss
the Commission shall take into consideration, among other
things, the nature of the physical injury, the occupation,
experience, training and age of the injured employee at the
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