HEARING LOSS SOLICITORS
For over 25 years, Keenan Solicitors have been at the forefront of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Claims in Northern Ireland and across the UK.
If you have ever been exposed to loud noise in your workplace and suspect you may be suffering from hearing loss or tinnitus, you may be entitled to compensation.
Why Keenan Solicitors?
In this highly specialist area of law, it is so important you have a solicitor who knows what they are doing.
We have acted for more people than any other firm in the country and recovered millions of pounds in compensation against a vast range of employers.
If you have ever worked in a noisy place and suspect your hearing may have been damaged, look no further.
Contact Keenan Solicitors today.
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Nose Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Claims
There are two main causes of hearing problems:
- Natural causes such as age or childhood illnesses
- Noise
Whilst getting older is something we all have to accept noise damage is very different and entirely preventable. This is why the law imposed a strict duty upon employers to protect their workers against noise in the workplace. This duty has been in place since the early 1960’s.
If you worked in a noisy workplace your employer was required to PROVIDE adequate and EFFECTIVE EAR PROTECTION and also ENFORCE its’ use – it was not enough to provide a dispenser that sometimes contained ear plugs. They must always have been available, stop the noise reaching your ears and their use constantly enforced. Often ear plugs would not have screened the noise and double ear protection in the form of ear muffs over the plugs would have been required – in our experience very few employers provided this level of protection.
If you worked in a noisy job, even for a short time and even if your employer is no longer trading contact us. We can carry out a search of our extensive database of insurers and arrange a FREE hearing test which will allow us to let you know if we can start a claim to recover compensation for your loss of hearing / tinnitus and support for buying hearing aids.
Many people delay lodging a claim thinking that age is the main cause of their hearing difficulties however it is often the case that noisy employment earlier in their life has advanced their hearing difficulties by many years leading to frustrations within the family due to difficulty communicating with spouses and children or in social settings.
We have unrivalled expertise in these cases in Northern Ireland and speaking to us will give you the best chance of success.
Signs of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
You may have put it down to natural causes, but if you experience any of the following symptoms and have ever worked in a noisy environment, you could be entitled to compensation:
- Mishearing words in conversation
- Finding it difficult to follow conversations socially
- Background noise makes hearing people difficult
- Having to focus on one person when speaking
- Having to turn up the TV (and family members complaining!)
- Asking people to repeat themselves
- Tinnitus or a ringing/buzzing in your ear
If any of this sounds familiar, call us today on 028 90 49 3349 or leave an enquiry to request a call back at a time that suits you.
Tinnitus
If you suffer from a ringing or buzzing in your ears, known as ‘tinnitus’, then you may be entitled to compensation.
Did you know that excessive noise in the workplace is a leading cause of tinnitus?
Tinnitus occurs when part of the inner ear called the Cochlea is damaged.
This carries thousands of tiny cells that detect sound. When these are damaged (often by noise in the workplace) the brain seeks sound from elsewhere in the body, causing tinnitus.
How tinnitus presents varies, but the Courts have recognised that if you suffer from this as a result of noise exposure in the workplace, you are entitled to compensation.
Some jobs our successful clients worked in:
Aircraft Building
Engineering
Plastics Production
Clothing Companies
Coal Merchants
Bakeries
Mechanics
Diesel Fitters
Coach Building
Textile Mills
Railway workers/ train drivers/ diesel fitters
Power Stations
Shipbuilding
Motor Car production
Factories
Cigarette Production
Council Workers
Tyre and Rubber Production
Construction
PSNI
MOD
Stone Cutting and Quarrying
Some employers our successful clients worked for:
This list is not exhaustive. We have acted against many other employers and our vast experience allows us to trace insurance cover for many companies that have long ceased trading.
Brett Martin Ltd.
TK/ECC/Fisher Body Ltd.
Ford Motor Co. / Visteon
Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C)
Ormo Bakery
Pritchitt Foods
McLaughlin & Harvey
Morphy Richards
Peter England
Adria
Grundig
Wrightbus
Desmonds
ABN Animal Feed
Copeland Clothes
Mentnor
Sunblest Bakery
Caterpillar (NI) Ltd
Belfast Telegraph
Fruit of the Loom
Power Stations – Ballylumford, Kilroot, Power Stations East and West
Harland and Wolff
Short Bros. PLC
Barbour Threads/ Hilden Mill
Local Councils: Bin Men and Parks Department
Mossley Mill (H Campbell & Co)
Belfast Steamship Co
Ballyrobert Service Station
North of Ireland Paper Mill Co
Sealink Stena Line
Bairdwear
Johnson Brothers and Wilson
Barbour Campbell Group
Belfast Ropeworks
Scruttons
Norse Ferries
De Lorean Motor Company (DMC)
Richardsons Fertilisers
Comber Mill / Andrews Mill
MOD
PSNI
Michelin Tyres
Denton Plastics
William Coates and Sons
Invercon Papers Mills
Montupet / Linamar Light Metals
The Strand Spinning Company
Northern Dairies
Belfast Harbour Commissioners
Spence Bryson Carpets
Gallahers Tobacco
Nortel Networks/ Standard Telephone Company
McCue Dick
Thermotank
Cyril Lord Carpets
Donaghadee Carpets
Coats Viyella
Balfour Beattie
British Telecom
British Enkalon
F. G. Wilson
Inglis Biscuits/Bakery
Herdman’s Mill
Northern Publishing Office (NPO)
Ulster Creameries
James Mackie and Sons
Moygashel Textiles
Murrays Tobacco
Scirocco Works
Rolls Royce
International Computers & Tabulators (“The Tab”)
SCA Packaging
Castle Optical Co Ltd.
Erectweld
Hughes Tools/Hughes Christensen
Courtaulds Textiles
ICI Chemical and Polymers
Ulster Carpet Mills
Crepe Weavers
Ulster Hosiery
Debretta
Azko Nobel
Hugh J. Scott (Thrige Scott)
Carrerras
Rothmans
Loyne
Shaw Petrie
Cape Insulation / Contracts
Turner Brothers
William Baird Textiles
Regency Spinners / Carpets
John Dowling and Sons Ltd.
Deramore Develpoments
Portview Construction
Walter Kidde
Matthew Hall Mechanical
ASR Coatings
Northern Ireland Spinners
Lee Apparel (Lee Jeans)
Capper Pipe
Goblin (NI) Ltd.
Tir Oen Ltd.
Rotary Electric
Graham & Heslip
Translink
Siemens
McCleery Yarns
Bowmore Plastics
Monsanto
Ulster Transport Authority
Rigblast
James Nimmons and Sons Ltd.
University Press
John Huddleston Engineering
Irish Bridge
Ambler Mill
John C Brow Packaging Ltd.
Vickers Armstrong
B H McCleery & Co
Saintfield Mill / Yarns
Lamont Holdings
Montracon
Crane Stockam Valve
Texaco
P & O Ferries
Goodyear Tyre
Erectweld
Euroweld
JC Brow
Ecerton Engineering
Monsanto
Wilson Double Deck Trailers
Cawoods Coal
Schlumberger
GEC
Alex Morton Contracts
McCaw Stephenson
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