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American research has traced a gene that may play a part in determining a person's susceptibility to age-related hearing loss, which may come to play a part in compensation claims resulting from industrial deafness.
The reasoning behind this worry is that an older worker who suffers hearing loss after working in a noisy work environment may have to work harder to demonstrate that the hearing loss or tinnitus now being suffered is a result of the decibel level that he or she worked under.
If the worker has the gene identified by the Californian House Ear Institute as being related to age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, it does not take a great leap of imagination to picture a solicitor defending a company against a compensation claim by attempting to introduce doubt as to the source of the hearing loss, suggesting that it may be a genetic coincidence that the personal injury to the claimant's inner ears has happened in a noisy workplace.
This is an argument that good no win, no fee solicitors may have to prepare to combat in future. However, one of the lead authors in the report also pointed out the positive side of this discovery, that "Finding the genetic causes of age-related hearing loss could lead to treatments that would bring relief to millions of people worldwide who now suffer from social isolation, depression and even cognitive impairment as a result of not being able to properly understand what others are saying."
Claiming compensation for industrial deafness
If you are thinking of making a claim for compensation following hearing loss at work, you need the services of an expert in this area of the law. And that's precisely what YouClaim can offer you.
From your first contact with us, we can provide you with sensitive, knowledgeable and jargon-free advice to help you decide if you want to make a claim. You won't be forced by us to take any steps you don't want to, but should you decide to go ahead, we can also ensure that your claim ends up in the hands of one of the UK's finest no win, no fee solicitors from this area of the law.
The panel that your personal injury solicitor will be drawn from is entirely within the governance of the Solicitor's Regulation Authority, and has an excellent record in predicting and countering the arguments of our clients' opponents. This means our success rate is excellent, and our professional quality is entirely reliable.
We are also able to handle your claim on an entirely free basis, which means that you will have nothing to pay to us, to your opponent, or to any other source of expenditure during a claim. Plus our 100 percent guarantee promises you that we will take no cut from your winnings in a successful case.
Our advisors are available to discuss your claim on 0800 10 757 95, but if your industrial deafness makes telephones difficult, you may prefer to use our echat facility or our online claim form. However you reach us, we hope to help with your compensation claim.
