NoiseDose
Indicative noise dose monitoring, from the microphone every worker already carries on their wrist. NoiseDose tracks cumulative exposure against the WHS standard and tells you exactly who needs a formal assessment next. Currently finishing testing, ahead of UVDose’s general availability.
The regulatory drivers, plainly
Noise-induced hearing loss rarely reaches a courtroom. The cost shows up later: a workers-comp claim, a premium loading, or a regulator improvement notice, sometimes years after the exposure happened. The evidence gap is the same either way: a policy that existed, and a hazard nobody actually measured.
LAeq,8h exposure standard
85 dB(A)
The WHS threshold every noise exposure program is measured against, nationally.
QLD mandatory audiometric testing
29 Jul 2025
Queensland's mandatory audiometric testing regime took effect this date. Most affected employers are still catching up.
NSW hearing test requirements
1 Jan 2024
NSW's hearing test requirements have been in force since this date.
Average NIHL claim cost
$7000
Noise-induced hearing loss sits among the largest long-tail categories in Australian workers comp, at around 30% of all comp claims.
Triage first, formal assessment second
Most workplaces run noise assessment episodically: a hygienist or a hired dosimeter for one week a year, then a report that ages in a drawer. NoiseDose runs continuously in the background, so instead of guessing which sites or shifts need a formal assessment, you know before you book one.
When a worker’s indicative dose sits near or above the exposure standard, that’s the trigger for a Class 2 dosimeter placement or a hygienist visit: the formal, calibrated measurement that goes in the file next to Exposia’s own record.
To be plain about what NoiseDose is: it’s screening-level indicative monitoring from the sensor on a worker’s watch, not an AS/NZS 1269.1 instrument measurement. It exists to tell you when to bring in a hygienist, not to replace one.
What this changes for your H&S manager
Today
Your noise program runs on a snapshot: a hygienist visit or a hired dosimeter one week a year, a report that describes that week, and an audiometric testing calendar that treats every worker the same regardless of what they were actually exposed to. When someone asks “who’s over the standard right now?”, the honest answer is a guess.
With NoiseDose running
- Your Monday starts with a ranked list, not a hunch. The dashboard orders workers by cumulative indicative dose against the 85 dB(A) LAeq,8h standard, so you know which sites and shifts are trending hot before anyone books anything.
- Hygienist visits become targeted, not calendar-driven. When a worker’s indicative dose sits near or above the standard, that’s your documented trigger for a Class 2 dosimeter placement or a hygienist engagement: the formal measurement, brought in exactly where it’s needed.
- Audiometric testing spend follows exposure. Instead of testing the whole workforce on a fixed rotation at $60–100 a head, you test the workers the data prioritises, on the schedule QLD and NSW now require, with the audit trail showing why each worker was selected.
- The record builds itself. Every flag, trigger, and follow-up sits in one continuous exposure record, with no spreadsheet reconstruction the week before an audit.
What you hand upward
An exceedance summary your officers can point to for due diligence, a defensible rationale for your testing budget, and a monitoring record that shows the noise hazard was identified, watched, and escalated, not just written into a policy.
NoiseDose is screening-level indicative monitoring. It tells you when to bring in a hygienist; it never replaces one.
Audiometric testing, targeted
Annual audiometric testing runs at roughly $60–100 per worker, across the whole workforce, on a fixed schedule regardless of actual exposure. NoiseDose’s dashboard ranks workers by cumulative dose, so testing spend follows exposure instead of a calendar, and the audit trail shows why each worker was prioritised.
Where NoiseDose doesn’t fit yet
A wrist-worn sensor can’t see 140 dB(C) impulse peaks the way a chest-mounted dosimeter can. For heavy construction and mining impulse-noise environments, NoiseDose isn’t the right tool. We say so upfront rather than sell into a gap we can’t measure.