If you are suffering from hearing loss after being exposed to loud noises at work, here at Rees Clayton Solicitors our hearing loss solicitors can help you claim industrial hearing loss compensation.
Industrial hearing loss can occur after a single incident of unprotected loud exposure at work, such as when explosives are detonated, but many cases of noise-induced hearing loss entail a period of persistent exposure.
Unfortunately, loud environments at work can permanently harm your hearing. You should seek legal counsel from our specialists if you believe that your job is to blame for your hearing issues.
Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Claims
Symptoms of Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Symptoms of hearing loss include:
- Difficulty hearing other people clearly and misunderstanding what they say
- Asking people to repeat themselves often
- Listening to music or watching TV with the volume higher than other people need
- Difficulty hearing on the phone
- Finding it hard to keep up with a conversation
- Feeling tired or stressed from having to concentrate while listening
Symptoms of tinnitus include:
Ringing, buzzing, whooshing, humming, hissing or throbbing sounds in the ear. These sounds could be heard in one or both ears, as well as in your head. They might appear and disappear, or you might constantly hear them.
Some people’s deafness may become considerably more severe if they also experience tinnitus. The ringing and buzzing they experience in their can be extremely upsetting, especially if it interferes with their ability to sleep. In conclusion, deafness prevents many victims from leading a typical, healthy life.
Employers Responsibilities
An unsafe workplace must be provided by your employer. But up until recently, a lot of businesses didn’t fully understand the health issues caused by noise or did not do enough to protect employees from exposure to it. As a result, many workers now have tinnitus or are profoundly deaf.
Businesses are expected to manage noise levels in the workplace to protect the health and safety of all their employees under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations of 2005.
If there is a lot of noise at work, your employer should:
- Act to reduce noise exposure
- Provide protective equipment
- Ensure legal limits of noise exposure are not exceeded
- Monitor and maintain all equipment and machinery
- Provide health and safety information and training
- Carry out health surveillance on employees at risk
If your employer doesn’t take any of the aforementioned steps to protect you, they are probably failing.We can assist you in pursuing compensation if their negligence resulted in permanent or disabling hearing damage for you.
We strongly advise you to see your doctor as soon as you feel you may have hearing problems. You should seek legal counsel straight away if you are diagnosed with hearing loss or tinnitus and you believe it is due to your exposure to excessive noise at work.
How Rees Clayton Solicitors Can Help You
Our industrial disease solicitors are dedicated to assisting clients like you in obtaining the outcome they deserve.We think that no one should have to deal with the suffering and frustration of occupational deafness or hearing loss.
We want to assist you in the same way that we have assisted numerous clients with industrial hearing loss in obtaining the compensation they are entitled to.
Here at Rees Clayton Solicitors we take pride in being open and honest with our clients. We’ll constantly make sure you know where your case is, what you might be able to claim, and how likely it is that you’ll succeed in doing so.
Get in touch with our industrial disease solicitors today to see how we can help.