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    The importance of ambient noise monitoring
    Providing complete confidence in the quality of your audiometry results
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    How important are occupational health records?
    Creating safer and more compliant workplaces
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    Celebrating 90 years of Amplivox
    The story so far and a look to the future
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    What is tympanometry compliance?
    Assessing middle ear health and function
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    What is speech audiometry?
    Evaluating auditory threshold, speech recognition and auditory processing capabilities
    09/08/2024
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    What is binocular vision testing?
    Assessing how well the eyes work together
    23/07/2024
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    Why are Visual Acuity (VA) tests important?
    Maintaining eye health and addressing vision-related issues
    15/07/2024
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    Vision screening vs eye exams: What's the difference?
    The differences between a simple vision test and a comprehensive eye exam
    04/07/2024
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    What is calibration and why is it important?
    Ensuring equipment accuracy, reliability, safety, and compliance with industry standards
    19/06/2024
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  • audiogram-test-results
    How to interpret an audiogram
    A diagram used to assess a person's hearing ability
    14/05/2024
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    What types of spirometry test are available?
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    25/04/2024
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  • identifying-age-related-hearing-loss
    Identifying age related hearing loss (Presbycusis)
    The most common types of age related hearing loss
    26/03/2024
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    A test to measure lung function
    10/01/2024
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    How to interpret a tympanogram
    Interpreting common tympanometry results
    09/11/2023
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    The impact of hearing loss on mental health
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    03/10/2023
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    Hearing loss: The causes and symptoms
    Presbycusis, NIHL, genetics and other factors
    19/09/2023
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    Hearing loss: A common problem, often left untreated
    The need for community wide screening
    12/09/2023
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    How to interpret spirometry results
    Interpreting FVC, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC results
    29/08/2023
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    The importance of occupational health spirometry testing
    The value of lung function testing in the workplace
    21/08/2023
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    How to perform a Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI) test
    A test to identify the lesion of hyperacusis
    11/08/2023
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    What is the difference between a 1.5 and 2-channel audiometer?
    A comparison between a 1.5 and 2-channel audiometer
    26/07/2023
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  • audiogram-test-results
    Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance test
    Assessing the perceived loudness between ears to identify unilateral hearing loss
    30/06/2023
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  • audiometric-masking
    What is masking in audiometry?
    A technique used to ensure the accurate measurement of hearing thresholds
    13/06/2023
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  • selecting-the-right-ear-tip-for-tympanometry-and-acoustic-reflex-testing
    Selecting the right ear tip for tympanometry
    Impedance, DPOAE, TEOAE and Automated ABR testing
    19/04/2023
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  • hse-noise-regulations
    HSE: Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
    Protecting employees from excessive and persistent noise in the workplace
    18/01/2023
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  • what-is-a-diagnostic-hearing-test
    What is a diagnostic hearing test?
    Outer, middle and inner ear examination
    06/12/2022
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  • what-is-a-screening-hearing-test
    What is a hearing screening test?
    AC, OAE and ABR screening
    30/11/2022
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  • how-to-perform-otoscopy
    How to perform Otoscopy
    External Auditory Canal (EAC), Tympanic Membrane (TM) and Middle Ear (ME) examination
    21/11/2022
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    What is the Hughson Westlake procedure?
    A pure tone audiometry test procedure
    26/10/2022
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    What is a Békésy test?
    An automatic method for measuring audiometric thresholds
    18/10/2022
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    Which lung diseases can spirometry help diagnose?
    The importance of lung function testing
    05/10/2022
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    What are occupational lung diseases?
    The dangers of exposure to harmful irritants in the workplace
    28/09/2022
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  • tympanometry
    How to perform acoustic reflex tests
    Middle ear assessments – Part 3
    02/08/2022
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    Test frequencies in tympanometry
    Middle ear assessments – Part 2
    26/07/2022
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    What does tympanometry test for?
    Middle ear assessments – Part 1
    19/07/2022
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  • noise-induced-hearing-loss
    Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)
    The risks of exposure to harmful sounds
    12/07/2022
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  • how-to-find-the-right-placement-for-bone-conduction-testing
    How to find the right placement for bone conduction testing
    Achieving accurate diagnosis and treatment for hearing loss
    06/07/2022
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  • how-can-hearing-loss-be-treated
    How can hearing loss be treated?
    Treatment options for conductive, mixed, and sensorineural hearing loss
    31/05/2022
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    How the ‘headset of the seventies’ became the prop of choice for sci-fi films
    04/05/2022
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    The role of occupational health
    Supporting the health and wellbeing of people at work
    29/04/2022
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    Becoming a GP with an interest in occupational medicine
    A focus on occupational medicine
    08/04/2022
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    What's involved in an audiometry test?
    Conducting air and bone conduction, and speech testing
    25/01/2022
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    A brief history of Amplivox
    30/11/2021
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  • how-to-perform-a-stenger-test
    How to perform a stenger test
    A tool for determining nonorganic hearing loss
    24/11/2021
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    The impact of background noise on industrial screening results
    How to achieve accurate audiological recordings
    29/09/2021
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    Class-leading technology to support the emergency services
    Why blue-light employees require unique hearing assessments
    17/08/2021
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  • issues-that-audiologists-face-in-extreme-environments
    Issues that audiologists face in extreme environments
    The challenge of providing appropriate hearing health care in developing countries
    26/07/2021
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    Hearing hazards within the music industry
    Why the music industry has been linked to noise-induced hearing loss
    30/06/2021
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  • why-upskilling-in-occupational-health-is-so-important
    Why upskilling in occupational health is so important
    Continuous learning within audiometry, spirometry and vison screening
    06/05/2021
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  • the-real-impact-of-noise-in-the-workplace
    The impact of noise levels in the workplace
    How noise pollution within a working environment can affect our hearing and wellbeing
    20/04/2021
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  • the-best-ways-to-perform-hearing-testing-in-children
    The best ways to perform hearing tests in children
    Suggested methods for testing children, including BOA, OAE, ABR and VRA
    06/04/2021
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    How to keep your audiometry equipment clean
    Cleaning and hygiene guidance for occupational health personnel
    16/03/2021
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    A ‘new normal' for hearing healthcare
    How a pandemic can remind us of good hygiene and disinfection practices
    03/03/2021
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