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Six million people in the UK are affected by tinnitus every day. Tinnitus can range from a light buzzing to a constant roar in the ears and head, with around 600,000 seriously affected by the condition. Sufferers report a detrimental effect on quality of life including bouts of anxiety, difficulties socialising and problems sleeping or being able to concentrate at work.
The charity Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) has reported that the first drugs to treat hearing conditions could be available by 2020.
Mr Barrett was exposed to excessive levels of noise, whilst working in the textiles and haulage industries, variously between the years of 1975 and 1996.
BBC News has reported that signals relating to the constant ringing noise of tinnitus have been mapped across the brain of a patient for the first time. The ground breaking study appears in the journal Current Biology.
Mr W has been employed in Environmental Services from 2001 to the present working as a loader for Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council refuse and recycling rounds, on a full time basis.
