Causes of Hearing Problems
What causes hearing problems?
There are a variety of factors which can cause industrial deafness, including old age, ear infections, emotional distress, side effects of medication, head injuries and exposure to loud noise.
The Health and Safety Executive estimated that over 1m employees in the United Kingdom are exposed to levels of noise which are putting their health at risk.
Workers particularly at risk from suffering hearing problems include those working in:
- construction
- engineering
- factories
- nightclubs
- power mills
- processing
- shipbuilding
- stone cutting and quarrying
- textile industry
- call centres
A person involved with the following machinery and processes over a prolonged period of time may suffer from industrial deafness as a result:
- break pad grinder
- brick oven fan noise control
- cold cutting circular saw
- concrete vibrator
- cyclone separators
- elastic yarn covering machine
- hammer mill
- high speed blanking press
- hydraulic power pack
- pedestal grinder
- pneumatic exhausts
- power blasting
- press flywheel
- reciprocating compressor
- rubber granulator
- sand burner
- sugar beet processing
- transfer of components using a conveyor and metal chute
Industrial deafness claims
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