Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsNoise Exposure Regulations, 2024Code of Practice for Audiometry11. Audiogramme Report |
| 11.1 | The minimum information that should appear on the audiogramme report includes— |
| 11.1.1 | Demographic information: surname, name, identification number, date of birth, gender; |
| 11.1.2 | Occupational information: date of employment, date of termination of employment, employer name, task performed by employee, current noise exposure level, noise-free validation statement, hearing protective devices (HPDs) used; |
| 11.1.3 | Calibration: date of electro-acoustic calibration, date of acoustic environment certificate, date of biological calibration; |
| 11.1.4 | Audiometric test: date of audiometric test, time of audiometric test, category of audiometric test, date of baseline audiometric test; |
| 11.1.5 | Audiometric test results: baseline PLH, audiometric zero, current HTLs, current PLH value, current STS value from audiometric zero, average binaural hearing loss (ABHL), PLH shift from baseline value, results of previous audiometric tests; |
| 11.1.6 | Interpretation and case management: interpretation of the results and management of abnormal cases must be based on action criteria determined by the occupational medicine practitioner (OMP); and |
| 11.1.7 | Signatures of acknowledgement: employee, competent person |
| 11.2 | The audiogramme should be depicted in both numerical and graphic format in accordance with IEC 60645. |