Virtual live facilitator-led courses give you comprehensive training right from your own computer. Virtual Live Classroom (VLC) training provides hands-on learning, interactivity and participant engagement, all with the flexibility of learning from wherever you choose. Practical components are demonstrated whereafter the student completes the training requirements by gaining the necessary practical experience at a face-to-face practical training day that occurs on site in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, George, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Windhoek and Harare.
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Introduction
Hearing plays an essential role in communication, speech and language, work, and safety. Even a small amount of hearing loss can have a profound, negative effect on speech, language comprehension, communication, workplace safety and social integration. Millions of workers worldwide are exposed to noise levels that increase their risk of hearing impairment. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in South Africa accounted for 68.4% of all successful claims for occupational related diseases (ORDs) during the 2005/6 – 2007/8 financial years.1 As NIHL is 100% preventable15, it is imperative that hearing conservation measures be implemented, and hearing loss monitored and managed in the workplace. Good intervention plans will include close monitoring, follow-ups and management of workers displaying hearing changes along their working life. As technicians and audiometrists our role is to support employers and employees to prevent hearing loss and this is done through medical surveillance, health education and constant follow-up and monitoring of high-risk workers.
