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.
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.
85 dB(A)
LAeq,8h exposure standard
The WHS threshold every noise exposure program is measured against, nationally.
29 Jul 2025
QLD mandatory audiometric testing
Queensland's mandatory audiometric testing regime took effect this date. Most affected employers are still catching up.
1 Jan 2024
NSW hearing test requirements
NSW's hearing test requirements have been in force since this date.
$7,000
Average NIHL claim cost
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.
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.