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Occupational health
How important are occupational health records?
04/02/2025
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Celebrating 90 years of Amplivox
The story so far and a look to the future
01/01/2025
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What is tympanometry compliance?
How well the middle ear system responds to sound
27/08/2024
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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?
A process used to assess 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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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?
Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and Vital Capacity (VC)
25/04/2024
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Identifying age related hearing loss (Presbycusis)
The most common types of age related hearing loss
26/03/2024
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Spirometry: A Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
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
Why hearing health is vital for mental wellbeing
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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Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance test
Assessing the perceived loudness between ears to identify unilateral hearing loss
30/06/2023
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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
Impedance, DPOAE, TEOAE and Automated ABR testing
19/04/2023
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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?
Outer, middle and inner ear examination
06/12/2022
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What is a hearing screening test?
AC, OAE and ABR screening
30/11/2022
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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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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 (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
Achieving accurate diagnosis and treatment for hearing loss
06/07/2022
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How can hearing loss be treated?
Treatment options for conductive, mixed, and sensorineural hearing loss
31/05/2022
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Racal Amplivox RA-150 and Star Wars
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 company of firsts
A brief history of Amplivox
30/11/2021
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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
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
Continuous learning within audiometry, spirometry and vison screening
06/05/2021
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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 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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