A comparison of noise induced disability assessments in the UK and Poland.
The difference between the legal assessment of the disability associated with noise induced hearing loss and that experienced by the worker has not as yet been successfully resolved. Legal assessment is driven by financial consideration rather than the rehabilitation needs of the subject. The aim of this paper is to present this problem and consider the formulae currently used in the UK and Poland in the assessment of noise induced hearing disability.
Raglan
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Academic Division of Audiological Medicine, University College London, United Kingdom.
Sułkowski
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Prasher
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D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D006113:United Kingdom