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* Let’s then summarize the situations when a referral may be needed. For medical problems, referral may be made to either a specialist or a general physician if any hearing loss cause other than normal, gradual occupational loss is suspected. According to OSHA, the employer is required to pay for this referral only if the problem is one that is caused or aggravated by the use of hearing protectors. Otherwise, the employee is financially liable, although of course in many situations the employer-provided health insurance will cover part or all of the cost. For measurement problems where the technician can’t make reliable and accurate threshold readings, the services of an audiologist would be needed, and the employer would be responsible for the expense. Lastly, there may be interpretation problems, such as questions of work-relatedness and baseline revision where the technician will normally need consultation with the program supervisor or other specialists. This authority may for some simple cases be delegated to the technician, but the professional supervisor still must take responsibility for the decisions. * An important element of the audiometry program is recordkeeping, with some records required by OSHA and others suggested by good practice standards. The OSHA requirements include such basics as the names of both the employee and the audiometric technician, the calibration date for the instrument, and the employee’s noise exposure. All of this information is needed to help someone at a later date decide if this is a valid audiogram and what is the chance that any hearing loss is caused by on-the-job exposure. OSHA requires that these records be kept for the duration of the worker’s employment, although common sense would suggest keeping the records for at least a few years past the date of separation of the employee, since workers’ compensation claims may be filed after employment ends, depending on specific state law. Considering that the records may be kep