{"id":6290,"date":"2025-09-30T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oreillystewart.com\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:22:00","slug":"ministry-of-defence-hearing-loss-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oreillystewart.com\/ministry-of-defence-hearing-loss-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defence Hearing Loss Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claims for noise induced hearing loss are in the news again today as the BBC reports that thousands of former Ministry of Defence personnel have brought a class action against 3M, the manufacturer of their PPE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ce84e4egp38o\">British veterans with hearing loss start legal battle over &#8216;faulty&#8217; earplugs &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excessive noise exposure without proper protective equipment can lead to life long hearing loss and often accompanying tinnitus. 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