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Industrial Hearing Loss In Europe

INDUSTRIAL HEARING LOSS IN EUROPE 2013 INDUSTRIAL DEAFNESS, WHICH CAN ALSO BE REFERRED TO AS OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS OR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS, IS A CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN THE LOSS OF HEARING (OFTEN OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME) AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A PERSON'S WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEARING LOSS WHICH CAN BE CAUSED FROM NOISE IN THE WORKPLACE, FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING AND CONDITIONS SUCH AS: TINNITUS OR ACOUSTIC SHOCK SYNDROME. MILLION EMPLOYEES IN THE UK ARE APPROXIMATELY CURRENTLY AT RISK OF DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL DEAFNESS ACCORDING TO STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE. OF THESE PEOPLE, MOST WILL WORK IN A PARTICULAR PROFESSION THAT WILL BE CLASSED AS A HIGH RISK FOR EMPLOYEES DEVELOPING HEARING PROBLEMS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT. WORKERS IN A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES ARE EXPOSED TO HIGH LEVELS OF NOISE IN THE WORKPLACE, THE MOST COMMON OF THESE ARE NOTED BELOW. Manufacturing Music Mining Factories Engineering Call Centers HEARING LOss FIGURES ACROSS EUROPE SIXTEEN PERCENT OF ADULT APPROXIMATELY, EUROPEANS SUFFER FROM HEARING LOSS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A NEGATIVE AFFECT IN THEIR DAILY LIFE. THE STUDY ALSO SHOWS THAT ABOUT /1 MILLION ADULTS AGED 18 TO 80 YEARS HAVE A HEARING LOSS GREATER THAN 25 DB, INDICATIVE OF HAVING SUSTAINED HEARING DAMAGE, YET, ONLY ONE IN SIX USE HEARING AIDS. AN EXAMPLE OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN ANY GIVEN REGION OR AREA IN EUROPE AND OTHER INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS: France 7.6m Germany 10.2m Italy 7.2m. Poland Netherlands Spain |U.K. 4.7m 2m 5.5m 7.5m CONTINUOUS, UNPROTECTED EXPOSURE TO AN EXCESSIVE NOISE LEVEL ABOVE 85 DECIBELS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE WORKPLACE OR ON A BUILDING SITE WILL LEAD TO THE PERMANENT HEARING LOSS KNOWN AS INDUSTRIAL DEAFNESS. FOR UNPROTECTED EARS, THE ALLOWED EXPOSURE TIME DECREAȘES BY ONE HALF FOR EACH 5 DECIBELS INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL. 90 95 100 DECIBELS DECIBELS DECIBELS EIGHT FOUR T W O HOURS PER DAY HOURS PER DAY HOURS PER DAY IT IS A FACT THAT HEARING LOSS CLAIMS MAKE UP THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF INDUSTRIAL DISEASE CLAIMS MADE ACROSS EUROPE. HEARING LOSS OCCURS MORE IN THE WORK PLACE THAN ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES. IN THE UK AS AN EXAMPLE, 13% MEN SUFFER FROM INDUSTRIAL HEARING LOSS AT SOME STAGE IN THEIR WORKING LIFE. HOW THIS COMPARES TO YOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FINLAND - 14% U.K. - 13% POLAND - 12.2% GERMANY - 12% SPAIN - 11.5% ITALY - 11.5% FRANCE - 11.4% EMPLOYERS ARE LEGALLY OBLIGED ACROSS THE WHOLE OF EUROPE TO PROTECT THEIR STAFF FROM ALL HAZARDS, INCLUDING NOISE. IF THEY DON'T THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR STAFF IN DANGER AND ARE AT RISK THEMSELVES OF EMPLOYEES CLAIMING COMPENSATION AGAINST THEM. BROUGHT TO YOU BY: PRODUCED BY: Beardsells Personal Injury ATTWOOD DIGITAL HTTP://Www.INDUSTRIALDEAFNESS.ORG.UK/WORKPLACES-SUSCEPTIBLE- TO-INDUSTRIAL-DEAFNESS HTTP://HEARINGLOSSADVICE.CO.UK/HEARING-LOSS-FIGURES-ACROSS-EUROPE/ HTTP://wwW.EUROBLAWG.COM/LEGAL/INDUSTRIAL-HEARING-LOSS-A- GROWING-ISSUE-ACROSS-EUROPE/ ATTWOODDIGITAL.COM

Industrial Hearing Loss In Europe

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An infographic with facts and figures on industrial hearing loss in Europe.

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