Landmark decision on noise levels could see flurry of claims
A landmark decision on workplace noise levels could see a flurry of similar claims after a Court of Appeal ruled that the average employer should have known that noise levels of 85 decibels were not safe and should have provided hearing protection to workers even before 1990, when the Noise at Work Regulations came into force.
But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry - changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears.