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Hi Damien. I am confused why a sound level meter would be of any use. Say if the noise levels in the room is not consistent through the day?? Am I missing something? Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Damien Eaves <[log in to unmask]> Sender: [log in to unmask] Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:38:00 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Occupational Health mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] audio - quiet room Hi Tracy, for occupational noise a type 1 or type 2 sound level meter is acceptable so would recommend complying with this. The cheapest one I have found is from Casella CEL240 - £160 to hire or £270 to buy excluding calibration. Or you are welcome to borrow mine for a day if that helps as long as you can pick up and return. *Damien Eaves BSc(Hons), Dip.Occ.Hyg., CMFOH, AMIOA, MWMSoc* Chartered Occupational Hygienist 07932 317867 01246 555856 Validate Consulting LtdOSHCR Registered Consultant www.validateconsulting.com <http://www.validateconsulting.com> This message is intended for the recipient to whom it is addressed, the message and any of its attachments are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this message and any attachment. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. Validate Consulting Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that this email and any attachments have been swept for viruses. Validate Consulting Ltd does not accept any liability for damage sustained as a result of software viruses. Validate Consulting Ltd advises that any email messages and attachments are swept for viruses before opening. On 01/02/2013 17:24, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Castle sell sound level meters google them. You can also get much more > reasonably priced from Maplin but - they are cheap and chearful - would > probably be fine for identifying that the room is quiet enough for > audiometry but not for undertaking noise risk assessments. > > I am sure that someone will recommend the App which you can get for an > i-phone and other mobile phones. Although my gut feeling is that it would be > sufficiently accurate for audio purposes not sure if it would be acceptable > to an organisation such as the HSE. Any HSE inspectors on the list?? The > microphone on a mobile phone is designed to pick up speech and not sounds > outside the frequency of human speech. > > I will ask one of my friends who used to be an HSE inspector what their > stance would be likely to be - if I can get a response from her I will post. > > Anne > > > On 01/02/2013 16:52, "Tracy Turner" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I undertake hearing assessments in a quiet room as we do not have a hearing >> booth. Those whose results are not within normal limits are re tested and if >> the results are the same are then referred to their GP. >> >> I have been advised that it is now a requirement to test the noise levels in >> the quiet room. Please can you advise if you do this and if so where would I >> get the equipment from. >> >> Also is it a legal requirement if it is being undertaken >> >> Thanks as always >> Tracy >> >> ******************************** >> Please remove this footer before replying. >> >> OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html >> >> CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH