Archive for May, 2010
Airplane Noise Threat Abolished!
News that the planned third runway at Heathrow has been abolished, as one of the first of Coalition Chancellor’s George Osborne’s spending cutbacks, will be music indeed to the ears of local residents!
Impaired Hearing Increases Across Europe.
It is estimated that, worldwide, there will be more than 700 million people suffering from a hearing loss of more than 25 dB by 2015. In the developed world alone, the number of hearing-impaired people will reach 215 million. Of those, some 90 million will be Europeans, although in developing countries, the number is twice as large.
Mr Wade wins £5750.00 payout after working as a fabric examiner and stenter at Exquisite Knitwear and J Hepworth & Sons Ltd (now known as Next PLC).
Hearing Damage Case Of Workplace Negligence
We regularly hear of individual cases of permanent hearing damage caused by a complete failure to implement Health & Safety precautions which would have prevented an unexpected incidence from causing severe injury or worse.
Deafness Causes To Be Reversed By Drug?
There are currently 9 million people in the UK who suffer from deafness or are hard of hearing, i.e. one in seven of the population, rising to one in two for those over 60, yet there is no known method to reverse existing hearing loss.