Shop 7/104 Northbourne Ave
Braddon ACT 2612
Braddon ACT 2612
Weekdays 9 to 5, Saturday 10 to 2.
Pre-employment and periodic
A baseline on day one is the only thing that proves what happened after.
Candid Hearing provides pre-employment and periodic audiometric screening for employers across the ACT and surrounding NSW. Each worker gets their results explained and a written report, and the employer gets documentation that stands up. Candid Hearing is a registered WorkCover provider.
20-30 min
Per person, including the report
Baseline
Then periodic, to track any shift over time
WorkCover
Registered provider
On site
Possible for groups, if there is a quiet enough room
Occupational hearing loss claims turn on one question: how much of this loss happened here? Without a test from when the worker started, that question has no honest answer, and the dispute becomes a matter of assertion on both sides.
A pre-employment screening costs half an hour. It protects the worker, who has documented evidence of any shift that occurs on your watch, and it protects the employer, who has documented evidence of hearing loss that arrived with the person.
The test on day one is worth more than every test after it, because it is the only one with nothing to compare against.
Under the model work health and safety regulations, workers who are frequently required to use hearing protection because noise exceeds the exposure standard must be provided with audiometric testing: a baseline within a set period of starting, then at regular intervals afterwards. The specifics differ between jurisdictions and by exposure level, so check what applies to you, or ring and ask.
In practice most employers run a baseline on commencement and then every two years, with anyone showing a shift moved to annual testing.
A screening establishes whether hearing sits within normal limits. It does not diagnose. If a worker's result is outside normal limits, or has shifted measurably since the last test, the next step is a full diagnostic assessment to work out what kind of loss it is and whether it is occupational at all. Plenty of shifts turn out to be wax, or a middle ear problem, or nothing to do with work.
Where noise is confirmed as the cause, the conversation moves to controls and to properly fitted hearing protection. Disposable plugs that sit in a pocket protect nobody.
Common questions
About twenty to thirty minutes per person, including the questionnaire, otoscopy and audiometry. Book a block and a small team can be done in a morning.
For groups, usually yes, provided there is a quiet enough room. Ring and describe the site and Pooja will tell you honestly whether the ambient noise will invalidate the results. Sometimes the answer is that the testing has to happen at Braddon.
A written report for each person and, where you are testing a group, a summary for the employer. Each worker gets their own results explained to them. If something needs following up, it is spelled out.
No, and the distinction matters. A screening asks whether hearing is within normal limits and establishes a baseline. A diagnostic assessment works out what kind of loss there is and what is causing it. Where a screening flags something, the next step is the full assessment.
Under the model work health and safety regulations, a worker who is frequently required to use hearing protection because of noise above the exposure standard must be provided with audiometric testing, with the first test within a set period of starting and then at regular intervals. Check the current ACT or NSW requirements for your situation, because the detail varies.
The employer, in almost all cases. Where testing is part of a WorkCover matter, Candid Hearing is a registered WorkCover provider.
Ring and describe your workforce and the noise they are in, and you will get a straight answer about what testing is actually needed.
