Is it necessary to perform occupational audiometric testing at 6-months of employment?

Is it necessary to perform occupational audiometric testing at 6-months of employment?

Introduction: Current Brazilian legislation requires that all workers exposed to noise are to be given an audiogram upon hiring, after 6 months of employment (first periodic test), and annually after the first periodic test. In other countries, the regulations of hearing conservation programs do not...

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Main Authors: Vagner Antonio Rodrigues da Silva, Alexandre Caixeta Guimarães, Alexandre Scalli Mathias Duarte, Joel Lavinsky, Arthur Menino Castilho, Carlos Takahiro Chone, Agricio Nubiato Crespo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Subjects:
Noise
Noise-induced hearing loss
Objective audiometry
Hearing loss
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869421000033

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