INDUSTRIAL DEAFNESS CLAIMS

Every year noise induced hearing loss is responsible for thousands of industrial deafness claim settlements throughout the UK. Notwithstanding comprehensive health and safety legislation employers continue to disregard the factors responsible for noise induced hearing loss and put workers at risk by failing to provide adequate and effective ear protection, by failing to reduce noise to acceptable levels, by failing to provide warning notices of excessive noise and by failing to insist on the use of personal protective equipment under threat of dismissal from employment. If your employer has failed to provide adequate protection in a noisy workplace environment and you have sustained occupational hearing loss you may be able to make a no win no fee industrial deafness compensation claim.

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Why Chose Our Solicitors

Our lawyers deal exclusively with industrial deafness claims. They are all members of the Solicitors Regulation Authority panel of personal injury experts and they are also all members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers:-

• we operate the no win no fee scheme
• win or lose there is no charge
• our service is completely free
• compensation is paid in full
• claims are completely risk free
• no expenses or insurance to pay
• personal injury expert solicitors

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Occupational Hearing Loss Time Limits

If you have been diagnosed with occupational hearing loss within the last three years you should be able to make an industrial deafness claim. It does not matter that the exposure to excessive noise levels may have taken place many years ago or that you had several appropriate employers some of which may no longer be in business. The important issue is to ensure that you take legal advice on a potential industrial deafness claim within three years of receiving a positive diagnosis of occupational hearing loss from a consultant audiologist. If you have not yet visited a doctor in regards to potential noise induced hearing loss and you believe that a former or current employers failure may be responsible for your condition we can arrange for a medical specialist appointment at no cost to you in order to establish whether or not you are suffering from occupational hearing loss.

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What Is Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Noise induced hearing loss usually occurs as a result of being exposed to loud noises particularly over a long period of time – it can however also be caused by just one incident of exposure to excessive noise such as an explosion. It is caused by permanent damage to the inner workings of the ear and is irreversible – it cannot be cured. The effect of occupational hearing loss is that sounds may become muffled or distorted with the top end of the frequency range being almost absent. It is a particular problem to understand normal speech especially when a woman is talking which is made worse if there is any other background noise. Hearing loss can be associated with both psychological problems and social problems with sufferers often being shunned by others due to their inability to properly hear which may be misconstrued as a lack of intelligence. Occupational hearing loss is also often associated with ‘tinnitus’ which is a condition whereby sufferers experience continual ringing or buzzing in the ears which is not caused by an external sound source.

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No Win No Fee Compensation

Our specialist personal injury solicitors operate the no win no fee scheme. Compensation is paid in full with no deductions. Win or lose there is no charge. You do not have to fund or finance the claim as it proceeds and you do not have to pay for any expenses. If you would like free legal advice on industrial deafness claims just complete the contact form or use the helpline to speak to a specialist personal injury solicitor without any further obligation.