Audiometry hearing tests for workers
Baseline and periodic audiograms, on one record.
An audiometry test records a worker's hearing so later tests can be compared with the first one. Care Net runs booth testing for employers, at a clinic or in a mobile occupational health clinic, under the Noise Exposure Regulations 2024.
Come to us, or we come to you
Send one worker to a fixed clinic, or book a mobile clinic and run the medicals on your site with no travel time lost.
Midrand, Elandsfontein, Brackenfell and Gqeberha
Walk-in and booked medicals at full clinics in Gauteng, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
See our fixed clinics
16 mobile clinics
Medicals on your site
A fully equipped mobile clinic comes to your site or camp. Large teams are tested in a planned window, including Saturdays.
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A conversation in the canteen is not an audiogram
No baseline, no comparison
If the first test is missing, a later drop cannot be measured. We record the baseline audiogram and keep periodic tests on the same file.
Booth versus a noisy passage
A valid audiogram needs a controlled booth. Care Net tests in clinic booths and in mobile clinic booths brought to site.
A shift that needs review
A standard threshold shift is a change from that worker's own baseline. The practitioner reviews it. It is not a shop-floor guess.
Book audiometry for the noise crew
Send the noise zones and the headcount. We confirm the booth plan and the date.
Noise Exposure Regulations 2024, on the audiogram
Hearing tests at work are not a wellness extra. Where people work in a noise zone, the current noise framework asks for a baseline and for later tests that can be compared with it.
Baseline, then periodic tests
These regulations replaced the older NIHL rules. Where workers are in a noise zone, you need a baseline audiogram and periodic tests that can be compared. Care Net hearing screening follows SANS 10083 so the readings sit on one standard.
Put audiometry inside the medical surveillance programme, not in a separate paper pile. Read the changeover on our Noise Exposure Regulations 2024 note.
The measurement standard
Care Net pages already state that hearing follows SANS 10083. That is how a test done this year can be read against the test done when the person started.
Do not mix informal whisper tests with the official record. The booth test is the one that goes on the certificate.
The duty sits with the employer
You must provide a working environment that is safe and without risk to health, so far as is reasonably practicable. Where noise remains after controls, medical surveillance is how you watch for harm.
Start with the baseline. Repeat on the cycle the practitioner sets. Close with an exit test when the person leaves the noise zone.
The clinic can travel
A mobile clinic carries the booth to the yard or the plant. Large teams are tested in a planned window, including Saturdays, from ten workers up.
One contractor can still walk into a fixed clinic. Use mobile clinics when the crew should not leave the gate.
Who we see for audiometry
Plant operators, fabrication and engineering crews, mining and construction teams in noise zones, and new starters who need a hearing baseline before the first shift. This page is for employers booking occupational tests, not for a private hearing-aid fitting.
If the person is new, book a pre-employment medical that includes audiometry. If they already work in noise, keep them on the surveillance programme.