Noise Induced Tinnitus

In contrast to the work done in N5ise Induced Hearing Loss there is a dearth of information relating to Noise Induced Tinnitus.Indeed due to the difficulty in assessing the origins of Tinnitus this lack of information is justifiable.This paper will set out to provide a review of Tinnitus in general.It will highlight the renewed contemporary interest in the treatment and the possible litigation which may follow if more accurate assessment of the_d.isability is forthcoming.' Summan IThis paper is aimed at alerting those involved in teaching of the hazards of Industrial Noise, to the possibility of an additional important, though largely ignored further hazard being present, that of noise induced tinnitus.Compared with the amount of information relating to noise induced hearing loss, there is, in the authors View, difficulty in obtaining current reliable infor mation related to noise induced tinnitus, in particular as to its measurement.Tinnitus, a condition of which many are totally unaware will be covered in general terms, followed by a more particularised Hesc'r' 'Eion of the difficulties encountered in its attempted assessment, as to the degree of distress and disablement.» \ '