Deafness means difficulty hearing noise. It can be mild, moderate, severe or profound. for example, people with mild deafness have some difficulty following speech, mainly in noisy situations. Those with moderate deafness have difficulty following speech without a hearing aid.

People who are severely deaf rely a lot on lip-reading, even with a hearing aid. British Sign Language (BSL) may be their first or preferred language. Profoundly deaf people need to lip-read to understand speech. BSL may be their first or preferred language.

Deafness can cause difficulty communicating and people who are deaf may be at risk of physical and social isolation. They are also at greater risk of accidents because they may not hear warning alarms and sirens.

Excessive exposure to noise is an important cause of a particular pattern of hearing loss, contributing to problems for up to 50 per cent of deaf people. Often people fail to realise the damage they're doing to their ears until it's too late.

Although loud music is often blamed (and MP3 players are said to be storing up an epidemic of deafness in years to come) research has also blamed tractors (for deafness in children of farmers), aircraft noise, sports shooting and even cordless telephones.

The external parts of our ear act like trumpets to collect sound and funnel it into the external ear canal. The pressure waves that form sound hit the ear-drum at the end of the ear canal and are then transmitted across a chamber known as the middle ear, to the sensory organs of the inner ear. An organ known as the cochlea, deep within the inner ear in the skull, is responsible for converting the mechanical vibration of sound into electrical signals. These can then be detected by the brain.

Common causes of deafness in adults include presbyacusis (age-related hearing loss due to deterioration of the inner ear), side-effects of medication, acoustic neuroma (a tumour of the nerve which carries hearing signals) and Meniere's disease.

Common causes of deafness in children include inherited conditions, infection during pregnancy, meningitis, head injury and glue ear (more correctly known as otitis media, where fluid builds up in the middle ear chamber and interferes with the passage of sound vibrations, generally as a result of viral or bacterial infection).

Common temporary causes include earwax, infection, glue ear and foreign body obstruction.

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If you instruct us with respect to your  deafness / hearing compensation claim then we will do the following casework for you:

• The hearing loss or deafness was sustained within the last three years

• The incident that caused deafness or hearing loss was not due to your fault

• You received medical attention for your deafness or hearing loss
  

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