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Hearing loss or tinnitus caused by an excessively loud working environment is classified as industrial deafness and is usually associated with heavy industry such as manufacturing or construction. However, rock musicians, DJs and even classical musicians and composers are extremely susceptible to hearing damage, although for many the claiming of tinnitus compensation will be difficult as the wearing of any type of ear defender would naturally inhibit the person's ability to perform their job.
It is pretty well known that Beethoven, the composer, had debilitating tinnitus, but Czech composer Bedrich Smetana also suffered (although it is not known conclusively whether the tinnitus in both cases was caused by noise exposure or other health-related factors) and eventually Smetana attempted to depict the agony of his suffering by writing into one of his string sonatas music which attempted to portray to the listening audience the noise he was enduring.
In the last movement of his string quartet From My Life (1876) the first violin plays an unswerving and piercing high E which pervades the music whatever the harmony. Richard Morrison, musician composer and journalist, describes it as a "heartbreaking work" which evokes the "shattering effect" of tinnitus.
Smetana described the continuous high note he heard as the "shrill whistle of a first inversion chord of A-flat in the highest register of the piccolo". And the piccolo scoring of Ma Vlast has also been tentatively attributed as possibly a result of the effects upon his hearing.
Today, modern classical musicians are still at risk from loud pieces of music, especially if they are charged with performing them for many nights over a season of performances, but the music and entertainment industry has been recognised as unusual as the production of sound is integral and created for enjoyment, therefore practical guidelines have been deemed necessary to help employers, workers and freelancers in the industry to protect their hearing from excessive noise exposure.
The Sound Advice website was launched in 2008 to provide practical help and advice for the control of noise at work in the music and entertainment sectors. Information on the site has been developed and supported by Environmental Health Officers and the Health and Safety Executive.
Anyone involved in the music and entertainment industry who feels their hearing may have been damaged as a result of excessive and negligently uncontrolled noise may be able to make a tinnitus compensation claim.
Making a claim for tinnitus compensation with YouClaim
If your hearing loss has been caused by exposure to excessive noise levels at work in the music and entertainment industry then it may be able to make a claim for compensation with the no win, no fee personal injury specialists at YouClaim.
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