Hearing loss advice, industrial deafness compensation and claims from UK specialist We Solicitors.
Hearing Damage – Temporary Or Permanent?
The alarming fact that as many as nearly a quarter of a million UK people may be suffering some form of hearing damage and over a million could be at future risk should be recognised as a cause for concern. The problems of noisy workplaces, sometimes to an excessive degree, are still with us in particular factories and light manufacturing workshops, and are the reason industrial deafness persists in the post-industrial age.
BBA Motor Fittings – Hearing Loss Case
Mr Cook wins a £472.60 noise induced hearing loss payout after working as a sheet metal worker at BBA Motor Fittings, Wolverhampton, from 1964 to 1966. Mr Cook was exposed to the noise of guillotines, cutting machines, presses and drills.
Mr Cousins wins £2,218.50 in a multi-defendant case for noise induced hearing loss.
Sudden Hearing Loss – Self Testing.
Sudden deafness! You don’t know when it will strike! If you’ve been working in an environment continuously exposed to excessive levels of noise from machinery or other industrial or chemical process without adequate ear protection, you are putting yourself at risk of long term hearing damage.
Hearing Loss Lack Of Awareness!
A common enough syndrome, especially as hearing loss usually develops over a period of several years. As a result, the decline is usually painless and gradual, and thus, many people may not notice the imperceptible deterioration in hearing quality.