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Being involved in a car or workplace accident can be a traumatic event. When that accident causes injuries leading to hearing impairment, severe hearing loss, or vision loss, your life can change forever. We often take hearing and sight for granted, so vision and hearing loss is devastating.

You don’t have to suffer in silence. You are entitled to financial compensation when someone’s negligence caused your injury. While money can’t bring back your hearing or sight, compensation can make living with your injuries easier.

If you’ve suffered vision or hearing injuries, the personal injury attorneys at Reich & Binstock are ready to take on your case. Whether your vision or hearing loss was caused by a car accident or an accident in the workplace, our attorneys have years of experience getting their clients’ maximum compensation.

Call Reich & Binstock today at 713-622-7271 to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case with a vision and hearing loss lawyer.

How Do Vision and Hearing Loss Injuries Happen?

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Many dangerous occupations are at an increased risk of suffering from vision or hearing loss due to hazardous conditions. Jobs like construction, underwater welding, off-shore, and more are dangerous. These employees are more likely to lose vision or sight at work, especially if they are not provided with adequate hearing and vision safety gear. Many of these jobs are loud environments that can also lead to permanent or moderate hearing loss in employees.

Individuals that don’t have dangerous occupations can also be at risk of losing sight or hearing in a car accident or other catastrophic accidents. Some hearing and vision injuries can improve with medical treatment, but more severe injuries can lead to lasting hearing and vision impairment.

Drivers and passengers in a motor vehicle accident who suffered a traumatic brain injury are at risk of vision and hearing loss. For example, a piece of glass or debris can puncture an eardrum or become lodged in the eye. An airbag can also cause permanent or temporary blindness.

A defective product, like an airbag, can rupture, causing debris and metal to fly inside a vehicle, which can cause vision or hearing loss.

Defective contact solutions, lenses, and eye drops can contribute to vision loss, while defective earplugs can cause hearing loss.

People that are exposed to particular toxins over a long time can develop both hearing and vision loss. Chemicals called “ototoxicants” can cause hearing loss. These chemicals include solvents, pesticides, certain antineoplastic pharmaceuticals, lead, mercury compounds, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and more. Exposure to these ototoxicants can also lead to vision loss, especially if you don’t wear proper protective eye gear.

Workers involved in any industrial or chemical plant accident are at risk for developing vision and hearing loss. Industrial workers risk eye injuries from metal ricocheting, sparks from welding, and more. Employees that are exposed to chemicals over long periods are also at risk for developing vision loss.

Employees who work in loud, noisy areas for a long time are at risk for hearing damage. This exposure to loud noises can often lead to partial or permanent hearing loss.

Employers must supply employees with proper vision and hearing protection to prevent these types of injuries.

In addition to suffering burns in a fire or explosion, you can also sustain hearing and vision loss injuries. During an explosion, the force could cause you to fall and suffer a back or traumatic brain injury leading to hearing loss. The brightness from the fire or blast can cause damage to your vision.

Many maritime workers can suffer from noise-induced hearing loss due to their loud equipment and work environments. Exposure to these loud sounds over long periods can lead to hearing loss. These loud noises cause damage to the tiny hairs and nerve cells within the inner ear. These types of hearing injuries are usually irreversible.

Maritime workers are also at risk for eye injuries, causing vision loss. The most common injuries that can cause vision loss to off-shore workers are particles in the eye, fractured eye sockets from blunt force trauma, lacerations, and an abraded cornea. These injuries can be caused by explosions, falling objects, safety equipment malfunctions, etc. Contact a Houston maritime lawyer for qualified legal support after your accident.

Hearing Loss Injuries

Injuries that can contribute to hearing loss include:

  • Bleeding within the ear canal
  • Cochlear damage
  • Middle ear injury
  • Blunt force trauma to the head
  • Punctured eardrum
  • Lesions inside the temporal lobe
  • Ear(s) disfigurement

Notably, hearing loss can also result from the use of certain prescription medications, such as Tepezza. Contact Reich & Binstock about your Tepezza lawsuit to find out what compensation you may be entitled to.

When someone has sensorineural hearing loss, there is either a problem with how the inner ear or hearing nerve functions. Soft sounds are difficult to hear; louder sounds can be muffled or distorted. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of permanent hearing loss. Surgery and medications cannot fix sensorineural hearing loss, but hearing aids may help sensorineural patients hear.

Conductive hearing loss occurs when sounds cannot travel through the outer and middle ear. It may be challenging to hear softer sounds, and louder sounds may appear muffled. Surgery or medications can often fix conductive hearing loss.

When sensorineural and conductive hearing loss occurs at the same time, it’s considered mixed hearing loss. Those who have mixed hearing loss may have damage to the nerve pathway to the brain or inner ear in addition to damage in the outer or middle ear. When mixed together, it can make hearing loss worse.

Hearing Loss Compensation

If you suffered hearing loss or an ear injury causing loss of hearing, you could have a personal injury claim. The amount you receive from your hearing loss claim will depend on the severity of your ear injury and the long-term effects. Total and partial hearing loss can severely affect your quality of life.

When your injuries are due to another’s negligence, your hearing loss attorney will need to prove that negligence occurred therefore causing you to suffer permanent hearing loss.

If your hearing loss occurred while you were on the job, your worker’s compensation benefits should provide coverage for your medical care, lost wages, and disability benefits.

Vision Loss Injuries

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Injuries that can cause vision loss include:

  • Chemicals in the face or eye
  • Detached retina
  • Disfigurement of the eye(s) or eyelid(s)
  • Complete vision loss
  • Loss of visual clarity
  • Blunt force trauma to the head
  • A foreign object in the eye
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Convergence insufficiency
  • Slowness of the eyes
  • Losing one or both eyes
  • Detached retina

Blindness

Blindness can either be complete or partial. Those that have total blindness cannot see anything, including light. To be considered blind, you must have vision worse than 20/200 with glasses or corrective lenses. Partial blindness means that the person’s eyesight is very limited. Individuals that are partially blind will have different areas of sight depending on the type of partial blindness they suffer from.

Vision Loss Compensation

You could be entitled to compensation if you lost vision due to another’s negligent actions. Your Houston personal injury attorney will review your case and work with the at-fault insurance company to settle your injuries. However, if necessary, your attorney will take the case to court so they can ensure that you’re adequately compensated. Insurance companies often want to avoid court, but they can lowball the damages awarded to the injured, so having an experienced personal injury attorney representing you is crucial.

Can You File a Claim for Hearing and Vision Loss?

If you suffered vision or hearing loss due to the negligence of another, you could be entitled to a personal injury claim. However, seeking compensation can be difficult, so contacting an experienced personal injury lawyer from the beginning is essential. The attorneys at Reich & Binstock can help you recover the following damages following a vision or hearing loss accident:

  • Medical expenses
  • Future medical bills
  • Hearing implants and other hearing devices
  • Rehabilitation
  • Lost wages
  • Guide dogs or other support animals
  • Special equipment like canes, eyewear, and home modifications
  • Pain and suffering
  • Reduced quality of life
  • Decreased earning capacity

You could file a workers’ compensation claim if your vision or hearing loss accident occurred while at work. Filing for workers’ compensation can be difficult, so hiring a catastrophic injury attorney is important.

Contact a Vision and Hearing Loss Lawsuit Attorney with Reich & Binstock Today

If you were involved in an accident that caused hearing or vision loss, you could be entitled to financial compensation. Working with an experienced personal injury attorney will help you receive the maximum compensation you deserve. Many personal injury lawsuits can be complicated, so having an attorney ready to fight for you is better.

If you’ve suffered hearing or vision loss injuries due to the negligence of another, contact a vision and hearing loss lawyer at Reich & Binstock. To schedule a free consultation, call 713-622-7271 today.