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Sometimes the most unexpected of deafness causes can be brought to our attention. It has been predicted that 17 per cent of car drivers will suffer severe hearing damage, leading to permanent deafness, as a result of being exposed to the deployment of car airbags.
Claims pursued for hearing damage are not always targeted at former employers in traditional heavy manufacturing industries, fabrication, automobile factories and shipyards!
Obtaining the basic facts about noise induced hearing loss, as a result of long and continued exposure to excessive levels in the workplace, is an important factor when considering beginning a claim for compensation.
Medical science has long known that loud noises, experienced over an extended period of time, even at an early time in one’s life, can cause acoustic trauma which may not be recognised or sufficiently detected until after some considerable time has elapsed.
Mr Porter wins £4500 payout after working as a driver and tyre builder at Goodyear’s Wolverhampton Plant. He was exposed to loud noise emitted from the tyre building machine he worked on and the numerous surrounding machines. During the 1970s when Mr Porter was exposed, Goodyear was a thriving factory with many employees. It is likely that many other people who worked at Goodyear at this time could have also suffered from noise induced hearing loss. Mr Porter noticed his hearing loss over a number of years but did not put it down to his noise exposure. He saw WE Solicitor’s advert in the local Press and decided he would take advantage of the offer for a free hearing test. This hearing test confirmed he was suffering from noise induced hearing loss. WE Solicitors are instructed on behalf of many other employees of Goodyear who are also claiming for their noise induced hearing loss. If you worked at Goodyear and were not provided with hearing protection you should contact us straight away for a free hearing test.
