Nov 26, 2014
Mr H was exposed to excessive levels of noise, whilst working for Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, mainly within their Environment Services Department. Mr H was employed as a refuse and recycling loader, but was also employed as a plumber for the first two years of his employment. He has been employed there from 1990 to the present.
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Nov 7, 2014
A team from the University of Michigan Medical School’s Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Harvard University have restored the hearing of mice partly deafened by noise, using advanced tools to boost the production of a key protein in their ears.
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Nov 5, 2014
Government payments to miners who suffered hearing loss as a result of their work has jumped fourfold to £3 million in the past two years, even though the industry was privatised almost 20 years ago.
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Oct 22, 2014
A firm specialising in foam and feather furnishings has been fined after failing to protect its workforce from excessive noise levels made by production machinery.
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Oct 13, 2014
Noise induced hearing loss sufferer, Mr S, wins settlement of £10,000.00 through WE Solicitors.
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