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The risk of being affected by hearing damage as a result of exceeding the permissible 8 hours exposure time to continuous 85 dBs in the workplace, was still prevalent up until the 1980s and 90s. Even today, there can still be many employers who are unaware of their responsibilities to protect their workforce from noise induced hearing loss under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations, 2006.
An international online survey during August and September 2011 of over 300 people with tinnitus revealed two thirds also suffered with hearing loss.
It’s often assumed that exposure to excessive noise levels and the risk of industrial deafness in the workplace were mostly problems of the past, which have been largely eliminated.
Figures published in the UK, in July 2011, show that more than ten million people, or one in six, now have some form of hearing loss. Nearly four million are aged between 16 to 64, over 40 per cent aged 50 upwards, increasing significantly to over 70 per cent for people above the age of 70.
Tinnitus experienced for more than five minutes affects nearly 5 million adults or 10 per cent of the UK population.
