Mining Publication: Contemporary Technology for Hearing Conservation Audiometric Monitoring
Original creation date: September 2007
If you are now conducting audiometric tests, you may have become so comfortable with your current equipment and recordkeeping system that it might seem like "this is the way things are supposed to be." However, could it be possible that one day your management might notify you that it's time to replace the audiometer, due to age or condition (or maybe due to an increase in your workload)? If that happens, where would you turn, and what criteria would you use, to shop for replacement instrumentation and database technology? The purpose of this article is to help you recognize some criteria of features currently available in audiometric equipment and audiometric database management software. Perhaps this information might help you plan for ways to enhance your programs efficiency and effectiveness (provided that budgetary constraints aren't exceeded). Even if you don't think that you're currently "shopping" for such technology, you may find it worthwhile to consider what's changed (and what has not changed) in this element of hearing loss prevention.
Authors: RW Danielson, AS Azman
Reference - September 2007
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20032968
Update: The Newsletter of the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation 2007 Winter/Spring; 19(3):1, 5-6, 10
See Also
- Development and Evaluation of a Urethane Jacketed Tail Roller for Continuous Mining Machines
- Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry: The Evolution of NIOSH and Bureau of Mines Hearing Loss Research
- Hearing Loss Prevention in Mining - 2005
- Inquiring Ears Want to Know: A Fact Sheet about Your Hearing Test
- Noise and Hearing Protection: Development of Two Training Exercises for Drillers
- Noise Source Identification on a Continuous Mining Machine
- Noise Source Identification on a Horizontal Vibrating Screen
- Snapshot of Noise and Worker Exposures in Sand and Gravel Operations
- What Does a Hearing Loss Sound Like?
- Working in Noise with a Hearing Loss: Perceptions from Workers, Supervisors, and Hearing Conservation Program Managers
- Page last reviewed: 6/24/2016
- Page last updated: 9/21/2012
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program