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State Response (ASSR) test be conducted, contending that the earlier testsadministered, namely, Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) or Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) are not frequency-specific and as widely recognized in audiological science, offer limited accuracy in determining precise hearing thresholds across different frequencies.

4. The percentage of disability with respect to each of the petitioners may be slightly different; however, the overall position remains the same. The Court, therefore, granted liberty to the petitioner to make submissions.

5. Pursuant thereto, learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record the written submissions. He has taken various grounds to justify the disabilities of the petitioners and he submits that the comparative evaluation of Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) and Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) clearly establishes the continued primacy of PTA in hearing disability assessment and the same should be accepted, as it directly measures frequency-specific thresholds at speech critical frequencies and reflects functional hearing loss, making it the internationally and nationally recognized gold standard. In conclusion, he has made following submissions:-

"that the comparative evaluation of Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) and Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) clearly establishes the continued primacy of PTA in hearing disability assessment. PTA directly measures frequency-specific thresholds at speechcritical frequencies and reflects functional hearing loss, making it the internationally and nationally recognised gold standard. Its statutory acceptance under the This is a digitally signed order.