Tinnitus Claims Calculator
If tinnitus was caused by your work — years of noise exposure, or a single loud incident — you can claim compensation, and the amounts are larger than most people expect. Under the Judicial College Guidelines (18th edition, April 2026), even slight tinnitus without hearing loss is valued at up to £9,260, moderate tinnitus with noise-induced hearing loss at £19,680 to £39,250, and severe tinnitus with hearing loss at £39,250 to £60,160 — before your financial losses are added. Use the calculator below to estimate your claim.
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Based on the Judicial College Guidelines, 18th edition (2026).
| General damages (pain, suffering and loss of amenity) | £0 |
| Special damages (earnings, care, expenses) | £0 |
| Estimated total | £0 |
Figures are the indicative general-damages brackets in the Judicial College Guidelines, 18th edition (April 2026). This is an estimate, not a valuation — your actual award depends on the medical evidence in your case, and some claims do not succeed.
Check if you can claimWhat is a tinnitus claim?
Persistent ringing, buzzing or humming in the ears affects millions of UK adults, and in many cases it is permanent. Most tinnitus has natural causes — age, or an underlying health condition. But noise-induced tinnitus is different: where an employer exposed you to damaging noise without proper protection, the law treats it as an industrial injury, exactly like the hearing loss it usually accompanies.
That covers both patterns of exposure: years of working around loud machinery without adequate hearing protection, and one-off acoustic trauma from an explosion, blast or equipment failure. If your tinnitus arose from military service, it has its own route — see our military deafness guide.
How much is a tinnitus claim worth?
Compensation has two parts. General damages cover the tinnitus itself — the current brackets are:
| Severity | Bracket |
|---|---|
| Slight tinnitus, or slight hearing loss alone | up to £9,260 |
| Occasional or slight tinnitus with slight hearing loss | £9,720 – £16,640 |
| Mild tinnitus with some hearing loss | £16,640 – £19,680 |
| Moderate tinnitus and hearing loss | £19,680 – £39,250 |
| Severe tinnitus with noise-induced hearing loss | £39,250 – £60,160 |
These are indicative brackets, not promises — your award depends on the medical evidence, and some claims do not succeed.
Special damages are added on top: earnings lost if symptoms affected your work, medical costs including private treatment, help from family or carers, and travel to appointments. Severe tinnitus disturbs sleep and concentration, so its knock-on costs are often larger than the headline bracket suggests.
Can I claim compensation for tinnitus?
Three things need to be true: your tinnitus is linked to noise exposure that someone else was responsible for, that party owed you a duty of care — an employer's duty to control noise under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 is the usual basis — and you are within the time limit.
You can claim against a current employer. Dismissing someone for bringing a legitimate claim is automatically unfair in law, and in practice the claim is handled by the employer's insurer, not the employer. You can also usually claim where the employer has since closed down — their insurer at the time remains liable, and the Employers' Liability Tracing Office exists to find them.
How long do you have to claim?
Three years — but for tinnitus the clock usually starts from your "date of knowledge", the point a doctor linked your symptoms to noise exposure, not from the exposure itself. Many successful claimants left the noisy job years or even decades before claiming. If you've recently had tinnitus attributed to your old work, the clock has likely only just started — but don't wait.
How do you prove a tinnitus claim?
The core evidence is medical: GP records, a hearing test (audiogram), and a report from an ENT specialist or audiologist describing your symptoms, their severity and their likely cause. An MRI or CT scan is sometimes used to rule out other causes. Alongside the medical picture, your work history does the rest — the jobs, the tools and machinery, whether hearing protection was provided, and any accident report if a single incident caused it.
You don't need to assemble all of this before checking your claim. If your claim is suitable, the specialist solicitor who takes it on will arrange the medical evidence, usually at no upfront cost to you.
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Checking is free and takes about a minute. If your claim is suitable, we'll introduce you to a specialist solicitor who handles hearing claims on a no win, no fee basis — you decide whether to go ahead.
If your tinnitus comes from military service, use the military deafness route instead. You can also read more on our hearing loss compensation calculator and deafness claims hub.
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