Balance and smell impairment in head injury • Noise-induced hearing loss • Acoustic trauma • Whiplash • Mr Murty has his own private clinic providing full audiometry, balance and smell testing • More than 6,250 reports

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Docks • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic; highway • Offices & shops • Hospitals & nursing homes • Education • Sport & leisure • Domestic • Mechanical engineering: • Machinery defects & disputes • Cranes & lifting equipment • Papermaking machinery • Boiler plant & steam ancillaries • Mechanical handling equipment, including fork-lifts • Consumer product defects • Safety design • Machine tools • Manufacturing engineering & processes • Hydraulic engineering • Pneumatic...

General ear, nose & throat surgery • Industrial & occupational deafness • Nasal trauma • Otology • Rhinology

Investigation of industrial & leisure accidents of almost every kind • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manufacturing plant & machinery • Sports, play & leisure • Slips, trips & falls • Manual handling • Woodworking machinery • Work-related upper limb disorders • Consumer product defects • Noise & deafness • Construction work • Fork-lift trucks • Agricultural machinery • Road traffic accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Fires & explosions • Welding • Hand-arm vibration syndrome

Expertise: • Recognition, evaluation & control of occupational health risks such as chemicals, dusts, fumes, vapours & noise Experience: • A practising occupational hygienist with over 30 years' experience in a wide range of industrial & occupational settings with problems including respiratory ill health, e.g. asthma, asbestosis & other respiratory illness, cancer, noise-induced hearing loss, skin problems • Numerous publications & papers • Court experience as expert witness for defence & claimant Professional qualifications: •...

Noise-induced hearing loss • Whole body & hand-arm vibration

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Construction injuries • Falls from height • Noise and vibration injuries • Lifting operations • Collision reconstruction

Mr Hobson frequently deals with patients with general ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems, and is particularly interested in snoring and sleep apnoea surgery, nasal problems, thyroid lumps and cancers, as well as children's ENT problems such as recurrent sore throats and deafness.

Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck cancer • Head & neck tumour surgery • Thyroid surgery • Salivary gland disease • Laser surgery • Voice & swallowing disorders • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial plastic surgery

Investigation of industrial accidents • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manual handling • Upper limb disorders • Falls & falling objects • Slipping & tripping • Machinery • Noise & deafness • Component failures

Available to give opinion on matters related to disease & disorders of the ear, nose & throat • Sub-specialisation into paediatrics & otology • Extensive work with industrial hearing loss • Tinnitus • Rhinology • Clinical Director of the Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Unit

Ear, nose, throat, head & neck surgery & medicine, including: • Deafness • Tinnitus • Balance disorders • Nasal trauma • Smell disturbance • Sinus problems • Voice problems • Tracheostomy cases • Head & neck cancers & benign tumours • General medical issues, including: • Consent • Communication • Training Additional email: [email protected]

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Docks • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic, highways • Offices & shops • Hospitals & nursing homes • Education • Sport & leisure • Offshore oil & gas • Occupational health & safety: • Noise-induced hearing loss (deafness) • Industrial diseases, including dermatitis • Respiratory illness, including asthma • Ergonomics & manual handling • Work-related upper limb disorder (RSI) • Slipping & tripping accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Mechanical engineering: •...

Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgrounds; scaffolding; warehousing industry; welding; woodworking industry Mechanical design • Mechanical appliances • Mechanical engineering, including project...

Environmental noise: • Community noise problems • Sports noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence & Environmental Protection Act hearings • Planning inquiries • Pop festivals • Transportation noise: • Prediction & expert evidence on aircraft noise • Railway noise & vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural & building acoustics: • Building acoustics from studios to synagogues • Building services noise • Workplace & industrial noise: • Occupational hearing damage assessments & evidence • Control of plant noise &...

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Industrial deafness (ID) • Acoustic trauma • Vertigo after RTA, trauma or assault • Tinnitus after RTA, trauma or assault • Loss of sense of smell after RTA, trauma or assault

Paediatric ENT diseases • Diseases of the ear & hearing • Noise-induced hearing loss

General ENT surgery • Head & neck surgery • Head & neck oncology • Emeritus Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals No longer taking clinical negligence instructions

Ear, nose & throat surgery • Rhinosinusitis • Rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis • Endoscopic sinus surgery • Nasal surgery • Hearing loss & deafness • Tinnitus • Ear surgery • Acute & chronic ear disease

Clinical negligence • Tinnitus • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial injuries • Head & neck cancer • Thyroid surgery • Vertigo • Smell disorders • Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck surgery • Nasal injuries & fractures • Voice disorders Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate (Civil & Criminal)

Asbestos exposure & illness: asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer & pleural disease claims, property contamination • Occupational noise exposure (NIHL) in all industries • Occupational health - respiratory, dermal & cancer claims, e.g. dust, metals, silica, solvents, gases, lead, temperature & light • RSI/workplace injury • Musculoskeletal, PPE issues & accidents • Microbiology: mould & bacteria, Aspergillus spp • Water quality/source for injury, health (e.g. Legionellosis) & property • Land contamination by spillage...

Monitoring, assessment and control of: • Industrial noise & vibration • Noise-induced hearing loss • Vibration white finger

Mr Carr has a tertiary adult and paediatric ENT practice focusing primarily on otology, neuro-otology, hearing implantation, including cochlear implantation and lateral skull base surgery. He is interested in all aspects of ENT surgery, with a recognised area of specialism in paediatric and adult otology, including congenital and acquired hearing loss, hearing implantation, chronic ear disease, trauma, industrial deafness, tinnitus and balance. Consulting at BMI Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield.

Occupational noise & vibration exposure assessments, including historical retrospective cases • Planning & licensing matters involving noise or vibration • Forensic acoustic studies as may be required in criminal proceedings, e.g. likely audibility & intelligibility of speech

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to measurement and analysis of noise- and vibration-related incidents and disputes • Areas of expertise include noise-induced hearing loss, hand-arm and whole-body vibration exposure, planning disputes, noise nuisance and building regulations, and specifications compliance for commercial and residential developments, including noise impact assessments • Assessment of noise under Control of Noise at Work Regulations and implementation of hearing conservation...

Occupational health & safety • Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Noise surveys • Ergonomics & manual handling • Slipping accident investigation • Ladders & scaffolding • Cranes & lifting equipment • Play areas & equipment • Machine tools • Workshops • Machine guarding • Bearings • Consumer product defects • Consumer product safety • CE marking & product compliance • Helmets • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Laser safety • Non-ionising radiation • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) & electromagnetic interference (EMI)

Inherited/genetic diseases • Chromosomal disorders, including microarray chromosome analysis • Foetal medicine prenatal diagnosis, including pre-implantation genetic testing • Application of genetic and genomic tests in diagnosis and practice, including whole exam and whole genome sequencing • High-risk pregnancy, including birth injury • Paediatrics and neonatology • Paediatric metabolic diseases • Genetic and metabolic bone diseases associated with bone fragility and unexplained fractures • Congenital abnormalities and...

Environmental noise • Community noise problems • Sports noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence & Environmental Protection Act hearings • Planning enquiries • Transportation noise • Railway noise & vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural & building acoustics • Building acoustics from studios to synagogues • Building services noise • Workplace & industrial noise • Occupational hearing damage assessments & evidence • Control of plant noise & vibration

I have worked in an expert witness practice since the mid-1990s, initially on a part-time basis, in the area of noise and vibration, with a focus on occupational injuries such as NIHL, tinnitus, RSI, VWF and CTS. This involved site inspections, testing, computational analysis and report preparation. In 2016, the practice became a limited company and I became a full-time Director and Principal Consultant. I have since provided the courts with over 300 single joint expert witness reports, mainly in NIHL cases.

Personal injury involving the head & neck • Acoustic trauma • Cancer of the head, neck & throat • Deafness • Traumatic deafness • Ear injuries • Ear surgery • Head injury - ENT complications • Throat infections • Otolaryngology negligence • Neck injury • Member of the Expert Witness Institute • Cardiff University Certificate as Expert Witness in Civil Law Additional email: [email protected]

Industrial deafness • Occupational rhinitis • Whiplash injury • Facial & neck trauma • Loss of sense of smell & taste in trauma • Deafness & tinnitus as a result of road traffic accidents • Vertigo in trauma

Also consults at: BMI Thornbury Hospital, 312 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3BR. Noise-induced hearing loss • Otology (all aspects) • Special interest in stapedectomy • Mastoid surgery • Facial nerve paralysis • Conductive deafness • Rhinoplasty • Nasal trauma • Nasal obstruction • Bat ears • Routine ENT problems (tonsillectomy, nasal septal surgery, etc.)

Personal injury & fatal accidents, including: • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Workplace hazards • Machinery hazards • Manual handling, lifting & repetitive strain injury • Industry hazards • Cranes, lifts & forklift truck accidents • Domestic hazards • Commercial premises hazards & accidents • Sports & leisure accidents & hazards • Fairground & playground accidents • Musculoskeletal injury & diseases • Industrial products, including: • Defective equipment • Equipment failures • Product liability disputes • Product defects & injuries •...