Audiometric Testing and Employee Training
If you are enrolled
in the Hearing Conservation Program, you will have an audiometric test (or hearing test)
conducted on you annually. The purpose of this hearing test is to measure your
hearing ability over time. Before you began your job in a high noise area, you
should have had a baseline audiogram. Subsequent audiograms are
then compared to this baseline to see if your hearing ability has degenerated since the
baseline was taken.
A Standard
Threshold Shift (STS) occurs when the hearing threshold has changed by an average
of 10 decibels (dB) or more in either ear at 2000, 3000 or 4000 Hertz. If
audiometric testing reveals that you have a STS, you will be notified.
The last component
of the Hearing Conservation Program requires employee
training. You must be trained at least annually on the material
presented in this training module.
You have now completed the Hearing Conservation training module!
Now, to be tested so that you may receive credit for this training, click
here and follow the instructions. |
