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Hearing Loss Figures Across Europe
Recent research figures have found that around 55 million or approximately, sixteen percent of adult Europeans suffer from hearing loss significant enough to cause a negative affect in their daily life. The study also shows that about 71 million adults aged 18 to 80 years have a hearing loss greater than 25 dB, indicative of having sustained hearing damage, yet, only one in six use hearing aids.
Hearing loss accounts for three quarters of all workplace injury claims and industrial deafness, with a long history of excessive noise, is still considered a persistent and frequent experience for many workers in manufacturing sectors.
Increased awareness of Health & Safety legislation, and greater individual responsibility within the workplace, are two key factors helping to protect employees avoid the risk of illness, injury and fatality on a daily basis, whatever the circumstances.
Often, a personal injury through hearing loss case can be sometimes notoriously difficult to completely resolve due to many factors, not least due to producing hard evidence of a direct and sustained cause of hearing damage.
In 2009, a Court Of Appeal ruled in a case concerning noise induced hearing loss and safety in the workplace. It contended employers were liable for any risk that would give rise to injuries, such as hearing damage that existed, not just for a reasonably-foreseeable risk, as was previously held.