Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell
Tinnitus is a condition that can often be caused by working conditions, particularly among those working with industrial equipment or in call centres. Employers have a responsibility to protect all aspects of their employee’s health and safety and that includes their hearing. In recent years there has been a notable increase in the number of employees suffering from hearing problems such as acoustic shock or tinnitus.
At Irwin Mitchell we fight fearlessly to achieve the best outcome for your claim. We’re renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you due to work-related tinnitus, and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.
Our lawyers offer the highest level of professionalism and expertise, combined with dedication and sensitivity, when supporting your tinnitus compensation claim.
Above all, we put you first.
Handling Work-Related Tinnitus With Expertise And Sensitivity
If you work or have worked in a noisy environment for a length of time and now find that you have a permanent ringing, whistling, buzzing or humming noise in your ears or head, you may be suffering from tinnitus.
These noises can be heard either in one ear, in both ears or in the middle of the head. The noise can be low, medium or high pitched. In more severe cases the noise may be continuous - but it usually comes and goes in irregular patterns.
In many cases, there is no specific treatment for tinnitus. It may simply go away on its own, or it may be a permanent disability Solutions can include:
- equipment such as a tinnitus masker which creates ‘white noise’ that can distract from the noise of the tinnitus
- a sound pillow
- tinnitus retraining therapy
Tinnitus can commonly be attributed to working conditions. Those who have worked in call centres, with industrial machinery or in other noisy work environments could have developed some form of tinnitus or other hearing problem.
If your hearing problem can be traced back to either your current or a previous employment, you could be entitled to make a claim for tinnitus compensation.
As one of the UK’s leading firms of solicitors involved in occupational injury claims, we’ve represented over 200,000 people in the UK with employment-related conditions such as tinnitus. In the past, our team have worked on industrial injury claims in construction, engineering, textile and mining industries, to name a few.
Our industrial injuries team will help you to establish if your case of tinnitus can be linked to your exposure to excessive noise at work and, crucially, whether your employer was negligent and failed in their duty of care. If this is the case, we can help you to pursue a tinnitus compensation claim.
Proven Expertise In Work-Related Tinnitus Claims
Irwin Mitchell is also one of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the country.
Our team includes many of the country’s finest personal injury lawyers. They operate in highly specialised teams, offering the highest level of legal expertise in tinnitus claims.
Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Making A Difference
Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to achieving the best outcome for your claim.
We also have a long history of campaigning with leading organisations in numerous personal injury fields. Together with those organisations we seek improvements in health and safety, prevent accident and injury where possible, and improve the quality of life and levels of compensation for those who have suffered injury.
We have also pursued many leading legal cases in order to improve the prospects of success of claims for various forms of personal injury, and to obtain fairer compensation.