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What is Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
Noise Induced hearing loss is a term used to describe hearing loss which has been caused by exposure to loud noise.
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In order to get compensation for work-related hearing loss, you must prove you were exposed to a dangerously high volume of noise at work and that your employer didn’t do enough to protect you from risk.
Our Industrial Disease Solicitors have years of experience helping claimants prove that their working conditions directly contributed to their hearing loss. For free initial legal advice, get in touch with our team so we can assess your case. Ask if we can deal with your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis.
We're rated‘Excellent’In order to establish liability (fault), our Industrial Disease Solicitors will need to investigate whether you were exposed to a level of noise capable of causing damage to your hearing over a sufficient length of time.
Industrial deafness or tinnitus is often the result of working in a noisy environment over a prolonged period, and people working in industries such as manufacturing, construction, engineering and shipbuilding are susceptible to work-related hearing loss.
However, you don’t have to have had extended exposure to loud noise at work in order to develop industrial hearing loss. Indeed, your hearing could be damaged if you’re exposed to a short burst of high frequency or high intensity sound at work. This is known as acoustic shock and is common amongst engineers who typically wear headsets.
With the above information, our Industrial Disease Solicitors can put together a case and approach the employer or their insurer on your behalf seeking compensation for your injury.
Noise Induced hearing loss is a term used to describe hearing loss which has been caused by exposure to loud noise.
Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sounds such as buzzing, ringing, hissing, whistling or chirping in the ear, independent from any outside sounds. This can either be a continuous sound or intermittent, and it’s often worse when background noise is low.
Static white noise. While some like to fall asleep to it, others find it incredibly grating - it’s this persistent, high-pitched sound that you want to stop, immediately.
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