The employer in this matter had taken painstaking efforts to implement and enforce an OSHA-compliant hearing conservation program and required all workers to utilize hearing protection “wall to wall” and conducted annual screenings and annual soundmapping to confirm that noise levels and sound-damping measures were safe for its employees. The claimant testified that for the bulk of her employment, she worked in a room adjacent to the plant floor that was “quiet” and she confirmed her normal workplace was comparable to the WCB courtroom where her testimony was being taken. Although the claimant testified she had spent time on a daily basis around the “loud” machines, she had strictly complied with the employer’s hearing conservation program and had worn hearing protection without fail for the last thirty years of her employment.