Injuries Affecting Senses
- Nose
- Cheekbones
- Jaw
- Teeth
- Facial Scarring
- Minor Head Injury
- Brain Injury
- Brain Damage
- Epilepsy
- Psychiatric Illness
- Hearing
- Sight
- Taste and Smell
- Quadriplegia/Tetraplegia
- Paraplegia
- Soft Tissue
- Frozen Shoulder
- Dislocation
- Fractured Clavicle/Collar Bone
- Whiplash
- Wrenching Neck Injuries
- Fractures or Dislocations
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Incomplete Paraplegia or Quadriparesis
- Back Strains/Sprains
- Disc Prolapses
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Fractures
- Amputation of Arms
- Sprains
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Fractures
- Disabilitating Injury
- Amputation
- Fractures
- Hip Replacement
- Amputation
- Fractures
- Soft tissue injuries
- Dislocation
- Fractures
- Sprains
- Fractures
- Tendon Injuries
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Fractures
- Amputation
- Soft Tissue Injury
- Fractures
- Amputation
- Rib Fractures
- Hernias
Hearing - £5,000 to £96,000
Partial hearing loss with some tinnitus. The level awarded depends upon several factors, including whether both ears are affected, the extent of the hearing loss, the extent of tinnitus present, and the age of the injured party (the younger person who has to endure hearing loss and tinnitus over a longer period will receive a higher award) - £5,000 to £32,000.
Total loss of hearing in one ear often associated with tinnitus, dizziness or headaches - £22,000 to £32,000.
Total deafness (the higher end of the range of damages for this type of injury includes cases where there is some speech deficit as well as tinnitus - £62,000 to £75,000.
Total deafness and loss of speech - £75,000 to £96,000.
Sight - £1,500 to £275,000
Transient eye injuries - £1,500 to £2,750.
Minor eye injuries causing initial pain and some temporary interference with vision (depending upon severity of symptoms and duration of impairment) - £2,750 to £6,000.
Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye - £8,500 to £14,500.
Serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye without significant risk of loss or reduction of vision in the remaining eye, or whether it is constant double vision - £16,000 to £27,000.
Complete loss of sight in one eye. The award takes account of some risk of sympathetic ophthalmia. The upper end of the bracket is appropriate where there is scarring in the region of the eye which is not sufficiently serious to merit a separate award - £33,500 to £37,500.
Total loss of one eye. The level of award will take account of age and cosmetic defect - £37,500 to £44,750.
Where there is reduced vision in the remaining eye and/or additional problems such as double vision - £43,500 to £72,500.
Where there is serious risk of further deterioration in the remaining eye going beyond some risk of sympathetic opthalmia - £65,500 to £125,000.
Total blindness - £182,000 approximately.
Total blindness and deafness - £275,000 approximately.
Taste and Smell - £13,000 to £26,750
Loss of taste - £13,000 to £17,000.
Loss of smell - £17,000 to £22,500.
Total loss of smell and significant loss of Taste - £22,500 to £26,750.
Total loss of taste and smell - £26,750 approximately.
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