2025 HCE: CAOHC Professional Supervisor On-Demand Pre-course Instruction

This on-demand pre-course instruction of the Professional Supervisor of the Audiometric Monitoring Program© (PS/A) course contain intermediate-level content. It includes chapters and articles to provide foundational development, and pre-recorded videos viewed on the CAOHC Learning Center. It emphasizes applications that physicians and audiologists encounter in evaluating audiometric and exposure records of noise exposed workers, managing technicians responsible for conducting surveillance audiometry, evaluating hearing conservation program effectiveness, and working as an integral hearing conservation team member in a variety of occupational settings. The course lectures review the current literature and practice guidelines. Instructors present employee case studies for participant problem-solving, critical thinking and small-group discussion. Case presentations discuss PS responsibilities, guidelines for managing problem audiograms and determination of work-relatedness.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for physicians, physician associates/physician assistants, nurses, and audiologists. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Introduce the concept and structure of occupational hearing conservation.
  2. Discuss the role of the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) in formal training and implementation of strategies for hearing conservation.
  3. Explain the structure and benefits of an effective hearing conservation program.
  4. Recognize different types of audiograms.
  5. Explain the components of the regulatory model which apply to hearing conservation programs (HCPs).
  6. Discuss “problem” audiograms, including standard threshold shift.
  7. Delineate the responsibilities of the Occupational Hearing Conservationist and Professional Supervisor for follow-up audiometric monitoring.
  8. Describe the critical role occupational and environment medicine physicians play in the prevention of occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).
  9. Describe factors that affect hearing protector attenuation and influence hearing protection fit.
  10. Correctly evaluate employee records for noise exposure and inclusion in a hearing loss prevention program.
  11. Establish Key Performance Indicators for all aspects of the hearing conservation program.

Additional Information

ASHA Course Type: 
Intermediate
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 AAPA

    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 7.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 7.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 7.00 hours for completing this Course activity.

  • 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 ANCC

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 7.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 ASHA

    Course # is ABIT2414

    Intermediate Level

    0.7 ASHA CEUs

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is approved by the Continuing Education board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology, and audiology. ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.

  • 7.00 Attendance
  • 7.00 IPCE

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 7.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Course opens: 
08/18/2025
Course expires: 
10/02/2025
Part of: 
HCE: CAOHC Professional Supervisor Certification

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Hyrum Bronson, DO, SFS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Foster, AuD, MPH, CCC-A, CPS/A

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

John Merkley, AuD, CCC-A, CPS/A

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 7.00 AAPA

    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 7.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 7.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 7.00 hours for completing this Course activity.

  • 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 ANCC

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 7.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 ASHA

    Course # is ABIT2414

    Intermediate Level

    0.7 ASHA CEUs

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is approved by the Continuing Education board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology, and audiology. ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.

  • 7.00 Attendance
  • 7.00 IPCE

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 7.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Oct 2, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].

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