If you are suffering from Hearing Loss, you may feel isolated and confused as to what your next steps should be. Hearing Loss creates a barrier to the outside world, and affects your relationships with friends and family. Hearing Loss may be due to a work related accident, or from the negligence another. A Head Injury or even a Brain Injury caused by a Car Accident, accident at work, or Construction Accident may be to blame. Exposure to noise over a certain decibel level can also cause Deafness. If you have suffered Hearing Loss, whether it is partial or complete deafness, it is important that you contact a New York Hearing Loss Injury Lawyer from our office as soon as possible.

You may not realize that employers are required to conduct screenings of noise levels at a job site, and to keep records of their findings. Excessive noise in the workplace causes thousands of people to experience Hearing Loss which gives rise to a workers compensation claim. Certain jobs lend themselves more readily to this problem than others, such as:

• Loud Factories;
• Railroad work;
• Firefighting;
• Working with heavy machinery;
• Working at an airport.

Hearing Loss can be experienced differently depending on the circumstances. It can slowly worsen over a period of time, or come on suddenly. People that experience Hearing Loss slowly may take time to realize they actually have a problem. Acoustic trauma in the workplace is a common cause of Hearing Loss. This causes damage to the inner ear that can be caused from either long exposure to certain noises or from one loud sound. Warning signs that you may have experienced Hearing Loss include: Everything sounding muffled, ringing or roaring in the ears, problems hearing high pitched noises, and problems understanding speech.

If you suspect that your Hearing Loss, whether it is work related or form another type of accident such as medical malpractice, contact a New York Injury Lawyer from our office to guide you. They will tell you that in the work place, constant exposure to sounds over 85 decibels are enough to cause hearing damage. It is interesting to note that a simple power tool creates noise over 100 decibels. A nail gun can create sounds of 140-170 decibels. Experts contend that any noise over 120 decibels causes immediate hearing damage.

Hearing Loss can be emotionally devastating. It is important to seek out the guidance of a New York Personal Injury Lawyer from Stephen Bilkis and Associates to help you obtain just compensation for your injuries. If you have been injured due to the negligence of another from an Auto Accident, Bike Accident or Construction Accident, or have suffered an injury due to Spinal Injury, contact our office for help. You will receive legal guidance and a free consultation. We have offices throughout the New York City including: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island. We also have offices in Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island, as well as Westchester County. Call us today at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW.