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Since the introduction in the UK of the first Control Of Noise at Work Regulations in 1989, which replaced the Health and Safety at Work Act,1974, it may have been assumed that the problems of workplaces with the potential to cause hearing damage by subjecting their employers to noise levels exceeding statutory limits no longer exist.
Research conducted into hearing impairment tends to produce statistics drawn from surveys of either teenagers or senior ages! Yet reported cases of noise induced hearing loss also include middle aged men and women too. According to one recent study, one in nine of adults aged between 45 and 54 possess reduced hearing function, while generally, one in seven suffer a more pronounced hearing loss.
Newly published research from Scandinavia reveals that that there is a higher risk of individuals becoming dependent on incapacity benefit amongst those with a hearing loss related diagnosis than other types of illnesses.
Called the industrial factories of the 21st century, it seems that call centres may also be claimed to be taking over the role as the main reason for industrial deafness, despite the absence of traditional loud machinery, equipment or vehicles causing hearing damage.
The statistics for men and women suffering some form of hearing loss in the UK should give real cause for concern. It is too readily assumed that the advance of research, awareness, technology and legislation had solved most of the circumstances that give rise to widespread noise induced hearing loss.
