Audiology

The Audiology screen allows you to record audiometric tests and alerts you to standard threshold shifts, OHSA reportable hearing loss and when retests should be scheduled.

OSHA Standard 1910.95 describes the need for audiometric testing when a worker is exposed to an eight-hour time-weighted average noise level of 85 decibels or more. Testing begins with an audiogram that must be administered within six months of starting work in a high noise environment. Thereafter, the worker needs an annual audiogram to determine if the noise level on the job adversely affects his/her hearing.

The latest revisions to OSHA rule on recording hearing loss took effect on January 1, 2003. The rule requires that companies report to OSHA those workers who experience an average hearing loss since their baseline exam of 10 dB at 2000, 3000 and 4000 hertz in one or both ears and whose total hearing level in the same ear(s) after the change averages 25 dB or more above audiometric zero at 2000, 3000, and 4000 hertz.

Previously-entered audiometric test data can be accessed directly by searching on Patient ID in the Audiogram screen (Screening Folder > Audiology). If test data were entered and saved in a PDF form, then the Search Medical Record function in CWA > Charts/Orders may also be used to find previous audiometric data. You can enter new data via the Audiogram screen, through Orders, or through a PDF attached to an order (recommended).