Tanya’s Hearing Loss Claim against Desmonds settles for £9,750.00. Whilst employed in Desmonds’ Limavady factory, Tanya worked on a variety of machines including an extremely loud overlocker machine. She worked between 1990 and 2000 and no hearing protection of any kind was ever provided to her.
Tanya recalled a decline in her hearing and a buzzing noise in her ears since her employment with Desmonds. She had not attended with her GP as she had thought that it was simply down to old age. She had also heard that there was nothing that could be done medically to treat tinnitus.
A former work colleague suggested that Tanya should contact MMC Legal as they had extensive experience in obtaining compensation on behalf of former Desmonds employees. Following a short telephone conversation, Tanya understood the process and was happy to proceed to an ENT Consultation. Her hearing test determined that she had sustained noise damage due to her former Desmonds employment. Procedurally, MMC Legal took care of all the legal steps and successfully negotiated a settlement of £9,750.00 on Tanya’s behalf.