Making An Industrial Deafness Claim
As people get older some hearing loss is natural, but it can be exacerbated when working in an environment that doesn’t properly protect employees from excessive noise levels.
Before making an industrial deafness claim however it is important to ensure that you are eligible. The first thing that must be done is to check both the environment you are working in and any symptoms that point to loss of hearing caused by being there. For example, do you have to shout to speak to someone standing say, just two metres away? If so, then your place of work is likely to be breaking the law.
If you suffer from tinnitus – ringing, buzzing or humming in the ears, temporary loss of hearing, muffled hearing or have trouble hearing high pitched sounds and you believe it was caused through being exposed to high noise levels at work, then you might be eligible to put in a personal injury claim.
As such, the first thing to do is contact a no win no fee lawyer who will need a medical report about your hearing loss. This will outline the type and severity of any damage to your ears that affects your hearing, including a perforated eardrum perhaps.
Making a claim for industrial deafness is as straightforward as any other accident claim. Damages received will vary depending on the extent of the injury, the amount of earnings lost and your own behaviour at work, that is were you partly to blame because you did not wear provided ear protection?
