On-site OSHA Hearing Test
State-of-the-art onsite hearing testing are dispatched to your employees for annual hearing assessments, providing a convenient solution that both saves time and supports your compliance and safety goals. Testing includes hearing examination, immediate test results and counseling on next steps.
- Hearing Conservation Program: Monitoring of noise exposure levels in a way that accurately identifies employees exposed to noise at or above 85 decibels (dB) average over 8 working hours or an 8 -hour time weighted average (TWA). This includes all continuous, intermittent, and impulsive noise within an 80dB to 130 dB range and must be taken during a typical work situation.
- Audiometric Testing: Audiometric testing monitors and employee’s hearing over time. Allowing for employees to be educated about their hearing and the need to protect it. This is established and maintained by the employer, for the purpose is to create baseline audiograms, annual audiograms, training and follow up. Given on site to all employees who are exposed to an action level of 85 dB or above measured as an 8-hour TWA. Referrals are given t employee’s when further testing is indicated. There are 2 types of audiograms required in the hearing conservation program, one is the baseline and the is an annual audiogram which is a full evaluation.
- Baseline Audiogram: Audiogram against which future audiograms are compared. This should be done within 6 months of employee’s first exposure at or above an 8-hour TWA of 85 dB. Employee exposed must be fit with, issued, and required to wear hearing protectors whenever they are exposed to noise levels above TWA of 85 dB for any period exceeding 6 months after the first exposure until baseline audiogram is conducted.
- Annual Audiograms: Provided to employees within one year of the baseline. The annual test helps identify deterioration in their hearing ability as early as possible. It allows the employer to initiate protective measures before hearing loss progresses. Annual audiograms are compared to baseline audiograms to determine whether the audiogram is valid and whether the employee has lost the ability or experience a standard threshold shift (STS). An STS is an average shift in either ear of 10 dB or more at 2K, 3k, or 4K hertz.