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The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 provide a
comprehensive framework for the control of Noise at Work.
The regulations place a general duty on employers to reduce
the risk of hearing damage to the lowest level reasonably
practicable and contain other requirements which have to
be implemented when certain noise levels are reached.
Employers are obliged to provide suitable health surveillance
where a risk assessment indicates a risk to workers' health,
i.e. a risk from exposure to noise without taking account
of the noise reduction provided by hearing protection. The
results of the health surveillance will enable employers
to check, among other things, whether the hearing protection
programme has prevented hearing damage.
At Audioscreen, one of the things we can provide
employers with is the expertise to carry out and manage
health surveillance programmes (Audiometry) to satisfy
employer obligations with respect to this under the
control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005).
With maintaining health surveillance programmes we
can arrange to supply health surveillance data (anonymised
and grouped to protect medical-in-confidence information
about individual workers) relating to your business.
This will indicate whether new cases of noise induced
hearing loss are developing or whether existing cases
have worsened. This will help you decide whether the
risk is being controlled effectively and whether you
need to do more to control it. Such information should
be made available to safety or employee representatives.
Any necessary referrals can also be facilitated as
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Through Audioscreen, the Audiometric process can
be managed by fully qualified Audiologists with appropriate
qualifications. Audiometry is undertaken in accordance
with British Society of Audiology (BSA) recommended
procedures for Audiometric testing (2005) which is
the clinical standard.
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