Workplace Audiometrics new features

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What is new in Version 7.44 (13 November 2024)
- The Global and Company reports have been updated to use the Australian Standard threshold Retest values at 3,4 and 6kHz
- The Cat 1,2 and Cat 3 Raiway standards have been updated to reflect the new standard which will take effect on November 11th, 2024

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What is new in Version 7.43 (25 October 2024)
- Retest Scheduling can now list results in either Alphabetical or retest date
- Improved capture of OtoSuite audiograms
- Fix export to csv for the retest scheduling report
- New option in Setup > Hearing Tests > Report Setup > Global Employee report to turn off Normal/Abnormal assessment
- The program can now capture results from the ElectroMedica 800M audiometer reliably. An updated help file explain how to setup

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What is new in Version 7.42 (24 August 2024)
- New Option to have the graphic report start with the latest baseline. iin Setup > Hearing Tests > report Setup
- Improved search for Companies, Departments, Workgroups and occupations
- A few Report tweaks
- New Report option in List > Test to list to lisr Current Reference Tests

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What is new in Version 7.41 (20 July 2024)
- New Option in Set defaults to save a default protector Type and Class
- Updated data capture from the SibelSound Duo Audiometer
- Improved data capture from the Amplivox 170
- Improved data capture from the Amplivox Sibel Sound Audiometer
- New option in Setup > Hearing Test > Report setup to cancel the 2 months grace of the Reg 2027 report

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What is new in Version 7.40 (2 April 2024)
- New option in Data Entry, when adding a test to see a comparison between the previous test and the current test before saving the current test data, so any frequency can be retested if in doubt before saving. After saving you will eed to use the Report card to get a comparison. This option is only available when adding a test, not when editing
- Improved capture of data from the Amplivox 170
- In The File menu, you can now set the defaults values for the day: Company name, Department, Occupation, Tester, Audiometer, State, Status and test location. The program then automatically fills this data in where needed.
- You can now opt to use 2 different selections for hearing protection in Setup > Hearing Test > Audiogram > Show Full Hearing Protector list. If ticked, which is the default, you can select from a long list of Protectors, If not ticked, you can select from a very short list, speading up data entry
- Data can now be captured from the Maestro Audiometers, like the Picolo.
- When the software is updated, the list of new features will show for the first 2 times you start the software. After that, it will be available from the Help menu in the "What is new option"
- Due to software optimisation, you may have to initially re-select your defaults in File > Set User Defaults
- The employee's tag can now be selected from within the Employee data entry page. Tags can be entered in Setup > Preference > Tags
- New Search and Query feature in Companies selection to speed up company selection
- New searches for Department, Occupation and Workgroup in Set User defaults to speed up selection
- Some new audiometers added to the list of data capture (Astera, Otosuite, Maestro)
- New Weekly Reports accessible from the main menu
- The Client, Retest and Test reports have been speed up

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What is new in Version 7.36 (4 December 2023)
- DOB addded to export Retest scheduling to Excel
- Data can now be capture from the Maestro Audiometers, like the Picolo.

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What is new in Version 7.35 (14 September 2023)
- Implementation of WHS Regulation 58 completed ahead of coming into force in NSW on January 1st, 2024, and in QLD on April 1st, 2024
- This regulation uses the Australian standard

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What is new in Version 7.34 (10 August 2023)
- Allow editing and adding Postcodes in Setup > Postcodes

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What is new in Version 7.33 (7 June 2023)
- Export to Excel, List Employees to csv and List test to csv now export the test type

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What is new in Version 7.32 (26 May 2023)
- Some minor improvement
- If entering duplicate names and add anyway no longer brings an additional query
- Additional field selection for Company report

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What is new in Version 7.31 (25 April 2023)
- Some minor improvements

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What is new in Version 7.24 (15 February 2023)
- New automatic Postcode insertion based on suburb
- New Postcode data can be addd to in Setup > Postcode
- Some minor improvements

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What is new in Version 7.22 (30 October 2022)
- Improved security management
- two new audiometers are now supported the Sibel Duo and the Hekto, both from Europe
- Some small fixes

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What is new in Version 7.13 (28 July 2022)
- Improved Rename a Company and add Move Employee from one company to another
- Improve tabbing within the employee data entry
- Display the Percentage loss in the Assessment screen
- Improve display of Tymp and Spirometry(when selected)
- Improved Security management

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What is new in Version 7.10 (13 June 2022)
- Every screen has been looked at and improved. You can now select a different font size for all grids, in Setup > Preference > Display
The default font size was 8 points which is now a bit small on large screens, so you can now select 8, 9 or 10 points per user, so each user can have their choice.
This will make a big different on large screens, while small screens can remain the same.
- All display pages have been updated with 9 point font for better clarity
- Export and import WA text files has been improved.
- The new WA Text export/Import file is compatible with the old export file version, and old export file can be read by the new program.
- Improved Tympanometry labels

New fields in Employee:
- Field Email (now required for Workcover in Western Australia)
- Field Date Updated
- New Gender options (Male, Female, Other, Undisclosed, Diverse)
- Longer fields for Surname and Name from 18chr to 32chr
- Longer Field for Occupation from 27chr to 42chr

New fields in Test
- Field Test location
- Field Date Updated
- Field Company Name (copied automatically from the Employe's Company when test is added)
- Field Company address (as above)

When adding a test, the Employee's company and address gets copied from the employee to the test. Keeping an historical record.

New field in Company
- Field Date updated
- When updating an existing installation, the install will automatically detect the current program version and convert the data seamlessly to the latest version if required.

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What is new in Version 6.0.41 (3 March 2022)
- New option in Browse Employee to directly terminate an Employee
- New Audiometer supported: the Hekto
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What is new in Version 6.0.41 (12 February 2022)
- Updated Import will work even with very long fle names.
   Previously filenames longer than 126 characters would refuse to import
- New options in Setup > Hearing Test > Report card /Company report
  to allow switching the display of Percentage loss, Normal/Abnormal and Referred Medicaly on or off independantly

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What is new in Version 6.0.40 (4 January 2022)
- Updated help file for Audiometer Electronica 800M

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What is new in Version 6.0.36 (23 November 2021)
- All OSHA calculations and reports have been updated
- Updated Graphic report
- Updated Report Card
- Updated Assessment page
- Some other minor improvements
- New option to display blank field instead of a "No" in Company report. Can be selected in Setup > Setup test > Answers

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What is new in Version 6.0.34 (9 September 2021)
- Update data capture from the Electronica 800M
- New Covid Shot field to record the vaccination status of employees tessted

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What is new in Version 6.0.33 (23 July 2021)
- New 2 pages report (CX2 Report). Available in Data Entry and Reports in Batches.
This report has an audiogram and past tests on page 1 and test assessments on page 2.
Page 1 has one text area, above the audiogram,  page 2 has 2 text areas, where you can write anything.
On Page 2, if the last test is a routime test then the Australian standards are printed, if it is a baseline test the Nal 80 are printed.
The texts area and the beheaviour can be all be configured in Setup > CX2 Report Setup area.
- Improve data capture option for the Electromedica 800m Audiometer
- New Workplace Health & Safety Queensland

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What is new in Version 6.0.28 (27 June 2021)
- New Contact Tracing list for people who have been tested and in contact with a tester.

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What is new in Version 6.0.27 (8 June 2021)
- Modify program so that it will work properly on a thin client with VmWare Horizon
- New option in Utility > Rename a Company to also allow the merging of 2 companies

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What is new in Version 6.0.25 (1 May 2021)
- Small improvements
- New data capture option for the Electromedica 800m Audiometer
- New help file for audiometer data capture

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What is new in Version 6.0.22 (16 March 2021)
- Additional security settings

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What is new in Version 6.0.21 (16 February 2021)
- Some small Improvements

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What is new in Version 6.0.15 (18 January 2021)
- Some small Improvements
- Improve capture data from the MA25e audiometer

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What is new in Version 6.0.14 (10 December 2020)
- Improve functionality of MA25e audiometer data capture with recall test option
- Mean in Australian Standard test now auto-recalculate with thresholds changes.
  Previously the recalculation was done on saving the test.
- Amplivox 116 audiometer is now suppported
- New report "Company History Report" available in the Report menu, provides a global view of the answers
  to all the history questions for a specific subset of a companie's employees.

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What is new in Version 6.0.8 (24 August 2020)
- New Standard "QLD Coal Board Medical. Needs to be enabled in Setup> Hearing Test > Audiogram. Off be default.
The result is a pass fail printed on the audiogram. This exclude the School guard Standard

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What is new in Version 6.0.7 (20 July 2020)
- Add data capture from the Amplivox OtoSure audiometer, via the Amplivox software

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What is new in Version 6.0.6 (19 May 2020)
- Add capturing from the Interacousticcs AD226, via their software
- Add new field in test for Personal Attenuation Rate. To be visible this has to be turned on in Setup > Hearing Test > Audiogram > Audiogram report

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What is new in Version 6.0.5 (12 February 2020)
- Terminated employees can now have the re-test date calculated

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What is new in Version 6.0.3 (20 January 2020)
- Add Rail Safety Medical Cat 1&2 and 3 to Report card and Audiogram
- Fix Edit button not working as expected

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What is new in Version 6.0.1 (2 January 2020)
- Modernised and improved interface
- Many little fixes

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What is new in Version 5.2.12 (24 November 2019)
- Small improvements
- Update display of Train and Tram drivers

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What is new in Version 5.2.9 (15 September 2019)
- The USB 300 Oscilla audiometer is now supported so long AudioConsole version is minimun 4

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What is new in Version 5.2.8 (15 August 2019)
- Improve Correction for Peltor Headset with auto correct option

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What is new in Version 5.2.7 (16 July 2019)
- Improve MA25e data capture

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What is new in Version 5.2.5 (9 May 2019)
- Add more fields to the List > test > Export Wide option
- Add Date last tested to List Companies to contact for re-test
- Update report labelling for Rio Tinto Reports

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What is new in Version 5.2.4 (22 April 2019)
- Support added to capture data from the Amplivox 170 audiometer
- Improved printer selection. Can be set to automatic or Manual In Setup > Preference > Printer selection. Iin automatic: prints to the default printer. In Manual: printer can be selected in Setup > Printer setup
- New help files and integration of the full manual into the program

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What is new in Version 5.2.1 (12 February 2019)
- Increase lowest range of Hearing Loss Stats from 0 dB to -5 dB for sake of consistancy
- Percentage Loss stats now include figure for no valid results
- Improve display of graph for threshold at 95dB
- Update Train driver and Tram drivers regulations
- Allow percentage loss and Normal to be ommited from the Company report. This can be turned of in Setup > Hearing Test > Report Card > Company Report

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What is new in Version 5.1.9 (17 August 2018)
- Improve display of graph for threshold at 95dB
- Update Train driver and Tram drivers regulations

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What is new in Version 5.1.8 (19 July 2018)
- New Anonymous Agregate Report in List > Test
- A few small improvements
- Fix drawing of test when no thresholds present
- Fix List employees > Referred medically
- Change display of Employee comments in employee data entry screen to avoid confusion

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What is new in Version 5.1.6 (2 April 2018)
- All thre OSHA STS Reports can now be exported to Excel as a csv file
- A few small improvement
- In Setup > Test setup > Spirometry, you can select legacy display with PEF / FEF
- Fix lock up when viewing a test in Browse tests
- Improve export to Excel functionality

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What is new in Version 5.1.3 (22 January 2018)
- Fix Display of Percentage loss if Australian Standard is not enabled
- New Export to Excell option for List Companies, List Departments and List Occupations
- New display for Print Reports in Batches
- New Batch report to print Percentage Loss report in batches
- Improve display of Report selection screens
- New Button in Data Entry to show (Green flag) or hide (Red flag) terminated employees
- Default to show or hide terminated can be set in Setup > Employee > Employee Status & Training
- New option for Regulation 2017 and 2007 reports to only show an Employer's summary without employees names
- Backup can now be performed even when files are in use on another computer
- New operations manual, available as a pdf file on Website in Download page
- Duplicate Employees can now be saved to Excel in a .csv file
- Tester signature can now be automatically inserted in percentage Loss report see Setup > Preference > Signature for instructions
- OSHA STS Report (Canada) can now be exported to Excel as a csv file

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What is new in Version 5.1.2 (6 December 2017)
- Re-introduce the Reg 2007 report for Victoria (same as Reg 2017 but without 2 year limit)
- New option in Setup > Employee > Import setup to define Import parameter
- Improved appearence of List report selection
- New selection in List Employee "by Medical referred"
- Malaysian Standard added to Assessment report

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What is new in Version 5.1.01 (26 November 2017)
- Update to the Australian Standard operations
- Redesign Selection of Australian Standard in Setup > Australian Standard
- Updated help files in help menu: Hearing Test Assessment and Regulations & Standards
- Improve display of test data with Australian Standard in Data entry
- Add new Recall gap for high risk employees. Can be setup in Setup > Hearing Test > Test Setup > Re-Test
- Improve appearance of the CX report. The NAL80 assessment can now be hidden, if required, in Setup > Hearing Test > Report Card
- Improve operation of the Utility > Update Employee Retest Date
- New option in Utility > List duplicate Employee to select by Company
- New option to run a remote session for technical support from within the program in Help > Remote session
- Export to Excel and WA text file now exports the entire company data
- Import from A WA text file now imports the entire company data if exported with this version
- Re-designed Assessment screen in Data Entry
- Fix possible lock up error when selecting Order by Company in Data entry

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What is new in Version 5.0.12 (28 August 2017)
- New Victorian Regulation 2017 3.2 has been implemented
- New SIRA Regulations for NSW
- For users outside of Victoria, the Regulation 2017 report can be substituted with a Threshold Shift Report. This can be done in Setup > Hearing Test > Test Setup > Thershold Shift Report Name
- Audiogram graph lines left and right on screen and on printouts are now slightly offset vertically, so that both are visible when they overlap
- CX report now has Exposure time table
- New Regulation & Standards help file outlining the meaning of each regulation and standard, now available in the Help menu