New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter V - Workers' Compensation
Subchapter G - Occupational Loss Of Hearing
Part 351 - Damage Risk Criteria; Standards For Measurement And Determination Of Loss Of Hearing
Section 351.7 - Number of examinations needed to evaluate industrial hearing loss; fairest method of determining loss from results of successive examinations
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
Examinations as to the extent of hearing impairment should be performed by qualified professionals, board-certified otolaryngologists, otologists or licensed audiologists, using audiometers meeting standards as specified in ANSI S3.6-1969, "Specifications for Audiometers." However, the diagnosis of disease process and the extent of causally related loss of hearing shall be made by a board-certified otolaryngologist or otologist.
(b) The test environment should meet or exceed criteria detailed in ANSI S3.1- 1960, "Criteria for background noise in audiometer rooms". Internal test consistency and professional judgment should determine whether a second or third test battery or other more extensive forms of testing may be necessary. Pure tone audiometry (air conduction and bone conduction), impedance measurements, speech thresholds and speech discrimination measures shall be considered to establish the nature and extent of the hearing impairment.
(c) Examinations shall be made after the date of separation from harmful exposure to noise in accordance with the provisions of section 49-bb of the Workers' Compensation Law.
