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Core Services >> Audiometric Testing |
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Audiometric Tests
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Standard Audiometric
Testing Program
This program is designed to provide
clients with our basic services of
audiometric testing and employee
training. Based on testing 8-10
employees every 20 minutes,
192-240 employees can be tested
per day. |
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Employee Testing Notification
Training (TNT) Program
This program is designed to assist
clients with more immediate and
complete OSHA compliance. In
addition to audiometric testing and
employee training, notification letters
are issued to employees at time of
testing. For those employees
experiencing a Standard Threshold
Shift, the required follow-up
counseling will be provided. Based
on testing 8 employees every 30
minutes, 128 employees can be
tested per day. |
HCI runs like clockwork
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HCI is able to test more
employees, more reliably,
in the shortest possible time. |
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 First group of 8-10
employees reports
to meeting room.
(Another group
reports every 20
minutes.)
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 Completes the
hearing/hobby
history portion of
a medical history
test form. |
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 Receives hearing
conservation
training in English
or Spanish,
demonstrations
of specific hearing
protection devices,
and answers to questions. |
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 Is escorted to the
van, where another
HCI technician
instructs on how
to take the hearing
test, and checks for
proper placement of
headphones. Testing begins. |
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 Is given a personalized
Notification Letter
depicting test
results in graphic
format.
Returns to work. |
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Setting the standard in Audiometric Testing. |
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Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable. Exposure to potentially hazardous noise levels is a fact of life in the workplace.
It is one of the industry's most common occupational health problems, affecting 30 million American workers.
That's why minimizing the risk, both for employees exposed to high levels of noise and employers facing tough OSHA
compliance, is at the core of what HCI is all about. HCI is the industry leader in applying advanced audiometric testing to
accurately monitor hearing and, ultimately, help prevent employees' exposure to potentially hazardous noise.
HCI provides a level of attention to our Audiometric Testing services that are of the highest quality and convenience that
has established our reputation in Hearing Conservation industry for over 50 years. HCI's nationwide coverage brings us
to you. With our national fleet of mobile vans, HCI can schedule and customize a hearing program to match your work
environment. When you select HCI, the national leader in mobile audiometric testing, the result is: LESS INTERFERENCE ON PRODUCTION.
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All of our mobile units are equipped with Benson Computer-
Controlled Audiometers, Model CCA-200. |
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These units:
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Comply with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.95. |
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Exceed ANSI S3.6-1989 standards for audiometers. |
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Table D criteria for sound booths. |
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Validate entered data to ensure more than just a valid audiogram. |
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Perform multi-tasking to ensure testing, data entry, and printing all occur simultaneously. |
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Automatically mark errors, retest errors and questionable thresholds. |
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Provide voice instructions in over 14 languages with
talk-over capability and manual override. |
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Use Historical Starting Levels )previously established threshold) to speed testing. |
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Generate real-time STS calculations, with or without age correction, and notification letters. |
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Accurate, comprehensive reporting that does not require the use of employee SSNs: |
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In the end, an audiometric testing program is only as good as the reporting and documentation that's generated.
Too often, these programs simply fail because records are missing or incomplete. The hallmark of every HCI audiometric
test is the report it produces. Proprietary, and incredibly powerful, Oracle database software helps HCI analyze data,
create customized reports, and allows for follow-up testing faster and more accurately than any other supplier in our
industry. Even reports for the most complex audiometric testing with hundreds of employees at multiple sites can be
turned around in just days.
Even better, every HCI report is available to customers in real time, 24/7, at www.hcihealth.com.
In order to address the growing concern over the use of SSNs as the unique identifier for employee medical records, HCI assigns each client’s employee a unique, never to be reused, employee identification number. It is a 9-digit number and is unique to each client’s employee. This allows HCI to maintain the integrity of the employee’s test records, stored within our system, without requiring the employer to provide the employee’s SSN. With an eye to the future HCI developed a solution to a growing concern - to keep moving you forward.
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Scheduling: Speeding things up. |
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HCI leaves nothing to chance in its efforts to streamline the entire process. Our scheduling department uses
scheduling software developed by HCI to optimize the availability of our mobile vans, and shorten lead times.
At any given moment, HCI can determine the location and availability of the entire HCI fleet, helping keep
your program on schedule - and out in front.
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