by mercurylegal | Jan 5, 2016 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics, Videos on Tinnitus
Tinnitus is the perception of sound within your ears, or head, that isn’t caused by any external source. There are two main types; Subjective Tinnitus where sounds can only be heard by the sufferer, and Objective Tinnitus where the sound can be heard by the sufferer...
by mercurylegal | Jan 5, 2016 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics, Videos on Tinnitus
What it is? Tinnitus is the term used for hearing sounds that come from within your body, rather from the outside world. It is often described as a ‘ringing in the ears’ but it can manifest itself in different noises such as buzzing, humming, grinding, hissing and...
by mercurylegal | Dec 22, 2015 | Factsheets & Guides, Industrial Disease, Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
Industrial Deafness is also known as Occupational Deafness or Noise Induced Hearing Loss. It is a condition that results in the loss of hearing – in many cases over a long period of time – which occurs as a consequence of a person’s working environment. There is a...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 5, 2015 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
YouTube has pledged to improve its automatic subtitling for videos as soon as possible after telling the BBC the service was nowhere near good enough. It brought the facility in following a well-publicised campaign by hard-of-hearing vlogger Rikki Poynter to provide...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 4, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
A treatment for tinnitus could be a step closer after scientists from Newcastle University were given a £300,000 boost by UK charity Action on Hearing Loss to fund a three-year research project into the condition. Around one in 10 of the UK population – or six million...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 3, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
Deaf people can spend up to 80% more on everyday living costs than those who are able to hear, a new study has suggested. The report, conducted by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, and University Campus Suffolk looked at the impacts...
