Industrial Audiometry

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The University of Southern Mississippi has provided this training for more than 35 years, successfully training many industrial hearing and audiology professionals in Mississippi and surrounding states. This certification course is approved by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC).

You will learn how to test hearing and how to establish hearing conservation programs in the workplace.

 

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • Safety directors
  • Safety engineers
  • Human resource and training directors
  • Industrial nurses
  • Other personnel responsible for compliance with OSHA noise and hearing loss regulations

 

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Day 1
  • Need for Industrial Hearing Conservation
  • Physics and Measurement of Sound
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing Conservation
  • Introduction to Audiometry
  • Otoscopy
Day 2
  • Audiometric Testing
  • Medical-Legal Aspects of Hearing Conservation
  • Interpretation and Record-Keeping
  • Employee Education
  • Sound/Noise Measurement
Day 3
  • Audiometric Testing
  • Ear Protection
  • General Review
  • Final Examination