Hearing Loss
Employers are required to screen employees exposed to excessive noise in the work-place and to maintain copies of those records. Many states provide compensation for hearing loss as a result of workplace noise. Compensation often includes the cost of hearing aids.
Wallace & Graham, along with co-counsel, represents workers in North Carolina, South Carolina, New York and Tennessee who have suffered hearing loss as a result of their exposure to loud noise in the work-place.
In North Carolina alone, we have successfully resolved over 1,000 hearing loss claims filed by workers against their employers.
Hearing loss affects tens of thousands of individuals employed or formally employed in work environments with very loud noise levels. Examples of such jobs may include:
- Loud factory floors
- Working near loud machinery
- Working in airport
- Working as firefighter or EMS worker
- Working around large engines
Hearing loss can have short and long-term impacts. On the job, it can affect your ability to communicate effectively with co-workers. At home, it can affect your quality of life with your family and friends.
Often, victims of hearing loss will fail to acknowledge their problem immediately, out of embarrassment or because they do not know that the condition may be treatable medically.
If you believe you have work-related hearing loss, contact us to obtain a form and questionnaire that will allow us to obtain any hearing loss records maintained by your employer. We will evaluate whether you may have a compensable loss. Please feel free to contact us for more information at 1-800-849-5291 or use this convenient form.