# Standard Interpretations
1 - 1910.95 - Electronic Posting of the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard
2 - 1910.95 - Exposure to noise during the use of high-velocity dryer nozzles in pet grooming salons
3 - 1910.95 - Recording criteria for cases involving occupational hearing loss when employees use hearing protection
4 - 1910.95 - Inspection Guidance for Poultry Slaughtering and Poultry Processing Establishments
5 - 1910.95 - Audiograms to Retest Hearing for Threshold Shifts
6 - 1910.95 - Clarification on whether a successor employer may establish a new baseline audiogram for employees of the former employer.
7 - 1910.95 - Can an employer establish a new baseline audiogram for an employee who was previously enrolled in the employer's hearing conservation program.
8 - 1910.95 - Whether use of an artificial ear ISO 318 coupler complies with the noise standard.
9 - 1910.95 - Clarification of OSHA's requirement for 'quiet time' before audiometric testing.
10 - 1910.95 - Clarification of 1910.95 and 1904 regarding physicians and audiologists roles in determining work-relatedness of worker hearing loss.
11 - 1910.95 - Administering the baseline audiogram either before or after an employee's first exposure.
12 - 1910.95 - Clarification of use of the annual audiogram in place of the baseline.
13 - 1910.95 - Clarification on revising a baseline audiogram if a standard threshold shift occurs in only one ear.
14 - 1910.95 - Audiometric baseline revisions in employee rehire situations.
15 - 1910.95 - Application of the Occupational Noise standard to employees who are deaf or have a diminished capacity to hear.
16 - 1910.95 - Retention of exposure and audiometric testing records by successor employers.
17 - 1910.95 - Employees with occasional exposure to noise levels in excess of 85 dBA TWA must be included in the company's hearing conservation program.
18 - 1910.95 - Minimum exposure for inclusion in the hearing conservation program (HCP); removal criteria.
19 - 1910.95 - Retesting requirements if employee's annual audiogram shows a Standard Threshold Shift (STS).
20 - 1910.95 - Baseline audiogram revision due to persistent STS or improved thresholds; revision must be made for each ear separately.
21 - 1910.95 - Differentiation between the 80 dBA threshold for hearing conservation and the 90 dBA PEL.
22 - 1910.95 - Hearing protection and the responsibility for paying for the hearing protectors including replacement devices/parts.
23 - 1910.95 - OSHA policy regarding PEL adjustments for extended work shifts.
24 - 1910.95 - OSHA's rationale for the noise exposure PEL.
25 - 1910.95 - Occupational noise exposure standard affords protection to landscape service industry employees.
26 - 1910.95 - Hearing conservation: referrals, financial responsibility, and documentation.
27 - 1910.95 - Placement of the noise dosimeter microphone for measuring the noise exposure of an employee using an airline respirator equipped with a shroud.
28 - 1910.95 - Voluntary safety and health audits under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
29 - 1910.95 - Requirements of the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard with regards to hearing protectors.
30 - 1910.95 - Baseline audiograms.
31 - 1910.95 - Occupational Noise Exposure Standard when an employee with a history of off-the-job noise exposure.
32 - 1910.95 - Clarification of the policy for classifying violations as repeated, as well as clarification of specific regulations.
33 - 1910.95 - Hearing conservation standard questions.
34 - 1910.95 - Noise exposure standard and impairment adjustments.
35 - 1910.95 - Occupational noise, including hearing conservation, in construction work.
36 - 1910.95 - Recording of hearing loss on the OSHA 200 Log.
37 - 1910.95 - Level of work-related hearing loss that must be recorded on the OSHA 200 log.
38 - 1910.95 - Standard Threshold Shift in hearing level
39 - 1910.95 - Recording on Hearing Loss on the OSHA Form 200
40 - 1910.95 - Committing a de minimis violation when using an insert earphone designated as ER-3A.
41 - 1910.95 - Recording Of Hearing Loss and Cumulative Trauma Disorders
42 - 1910.95 - Product endorsement policy and telephone headsets.
43 - 1910.95 - Noise inspection conducted at Robben's Roost, Louisville, Kentucky.
44 - 1910.95 - Policy concerning OSHA's Hearing Conservation Amendment
45 - 1910.95 - Response to Freedom of Information Act request for standards and guidelines related to working around aircraft.
46 - 1910.95 - Hearing conservation programs and "ear blasts" on communication headsets
47 - 1910.95 - OSHA is currently considering criteria for recording occupational hearing loss on the OSHA form 200.
48 - 1910.95 - Reduction of noise exposure for metal spray operations.
49 - 1910.95 - Free audiometric testing for employees exposed over the action level.
50 - 1910.95 - Recertifying technicians who do audiometric testing and pulmonary function testing.
51 - 1910.95 - Requirement for instituting engineering and administrative controls for noise.
52 - 1910.95 - Applicability of 1910.95 to cotton gins.
53 - 1910.95 - Calculating of hearing threshold shifts.
54 - 1910.95 - Calibration of noise dosimeters
55 - 1910.95 - Field calibration of noise dosimeters.
56 - 1910.95 - Response to letter suggesting that the noise standard of 90 dB(A) is set at too high a level, and should be 85 dB(A) or less.
57 - 1910.95 - The noise standard applies to environments with undue atmospheric pressure.
58 - 1910.95 - General review of the OSHA noise standard.
59 - 1910.95 - Noise standards applicable to Metra are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration.
60 - 1910.95 - Some employers have banned portable stereo headsets.
61 - 1910.95 - Standard applicable to two point suspension scaffolds and power platforms used in window cleaning and to hazards in refrigeration plants.
62 - 1910.95 - Fast response noise dosimetry measurement not acceptable.
63 - 1910.95 - Regulations for the calibration of spirometers and audiometers;Regulations for the calibration of spirometers and audiometers.
64 - 1910.95 - Questions and answers relative to the noise standard.
65 - 1910.95 - Baseline audiograms must be established even if medical problem exists.
66 - 1910.95 - "Laboratory-based noise reduction" defined.
67 - 1910.95 - Notification requirements for standard threshold shifts.
68 - 1910.95 - Applicability of the noise standard to portable ear muff type radios.
69 - 1910.95 - Comparison to baseline audiograms and retest audiograms
70 - 1910.95 - Employee noise exposure assessment records are part of audiometric test record.
71 - 1910.95 - Requirement to make a positive determination of work-relatedness of threshold shift revoked.
72 - 1910.95 - Noise regulations apply to all places of entertainment.
73 - 1910.95 - Methods of training for microprocessor audiometer technicians.
74 - 1910.95 - An electroacoustic ear can be used for daily testing of an audiometer.
75 - 1910.95 - Applicability of the noise standard to pulpwood logging.
76 - 1910.95 - Question of whether the noise standard is adjusted for workshifts greater than 8 hours.
77 - 1910.95 - Compliance determination based on worst day noise exposure.
78 - 1910.95 - Administrative controls and PPE used to reduce exposure below limits if engineering controls are not feasible.