NOISE SAFETY ARTICLES
Articles and general information on all things relating to noise assessments or noise surveys at work, or managing employee noise exposure risks.
What noise assessments should contain, what to look for in a noise survey, managing noise risks at work, choosing hearing protection and managing health surveillance needs.
Noise assessments ● Noise surveys ● Hearing protection ● Health surveillance ● Noise Training
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How often does hearing testing have to be done?
One of the key elements of a noise assessment is identifying who needs to be included in what the HSE call ‘health surveillance’, a slightly Orwellian way of saying ‘hearing testing’. It has to be repeated and this is a guide to how often.
Why workplace hearing testing (health surveillance for hearing) is broken
Why the UK’s hearing health surveillance system as required by the HSE in L108 is no longer fit for purpose, and why I stopped providing workplace hearing tests.
Responsibility for Agency staff
One of the main outcomes from a noise assessment is often a need for health surveillance - hearing testing - and that applies to everyone regularly exposed to levels over 85 dB(A). Where it can get a little more complicated is agency staff, especially who is responsible for the hearing tests.