Late last year I was privvy to a meeting with HSE who stated that they would not accept a hearing test as being valid unless it was either done in a sound reduction booth or the tester recorded the sound levels during the test with a sound meter and when the levels peaked over a certain level, I am waiting on further details of this, then the test had to be stopped and restarted so it seems that the rule of thumb 'quiet room' is a thing of the past as we can not accurately reproduce the environmental noise levels. I confirmed this via telephone again this week with HSE and they tell me there is new guidance out shortly. As soon as I get the noise levels etc. I will post them here as like myself I am sure this will make an impact on how we practice. Oh yes, they also informed me that they were investigating a number of OH providers/ companies for a
variety of bad practices and they are very keen to hear of any more. Oh yes, please remember when replying I am the messenger.
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Ambient noise levels during audiometry
List,
Please can someone advise me what the maximum ambient noise levels should be
when conducting audiometry without a sound-proof booth? I have looked at
"Acoustics - Audiometric test methods BS EN ISO 8253-2:1998 but have to
confess that I don't fully understand what I am reading.
Thanks
Lynda
Lynda Hawkes
Occupational Health Advisor
Thales
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