by mercuryadmin | Nov 28, 2016 | Tinnitus
There are a variety of treatments for Tinnitus on the market, but a new development claims to be able to provide relief far more quickly than other treatments. The Levo System for tinnitus therapy uses an Ipod to deliver sounds to the ears during sleep; a time when...
by mercurylegal | May 3, 2016 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds
Noise is a part of everyday life, but being exposed to too much noise, or noise that is too loud can do permanent damage to our hearing. This damage can sometimes develop over time, or sometimes set in very swiftly – for example after being exposed to a very loud...
by mercurylegal | Apr 25, 2016 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Statistics
Tinnitus is one of the most common conditions experienced by people in the UK today – around one in ten people suffer from it. In many cases it can cause stress to the sufferer, however, in some cases it is stress that is making the problem worse. Stress is...
by mercurylegal | Apr 18, 2016 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus
Acoustic Trauma is an injury to the inner ear that can often be caused by exposure to a single, very loud noise (such as a gun shot, or explosion) or long-term exposure to noise at a lower, but still high volume. It can also be caused by a serious head injury if the...
by mercurylegal | Apr 12, 2016 | Tinnitus
In an ideal world all work equipment would be designed and manufactured to avoid the risk of deafness and other hearing damage and would not interfere with normal conversation. However, in some cases this is simply impossible and so measures have been put in place to...
by mercurylegal | Apr 4, 2016 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus
Sound waves are made up from the vibration of thousands of air molecules. In low frequency sounds, these waves are quite far apart, whereas high frequency sounds have waves that are bunched together far more tightly. Sound waves are funnelled through the outer ear...
