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We engineers are very antsy about our hearing.  And it’s a strange turn of events that as we get older, our hearing capabilities get worse, but our audio judgment and skills get better.

Recently I was sent for a Corporation hearing test.  After a brief ear inspection, I was shut in a small box and given headphone / ear defenders to wear. Before I had time to adjust them it all started, and I had to fight hard to suppress my breathing and heartbeat.  With a clicker in my hand, I tried not to be trigger-happy during at test of battleships involving various frequency tones at varying levels. Eek.

I’ve done a few of these tests before. Generally, there is a hum in the equipment and muffled roadworks emanating from the street outside.  Sometimes a weird pig poster in the box. The performance anxiety is stupendous.

Today I am happy to report that I received a ‘certificate’ from “Occupational Health” quoting lots of reference numbers in the hope of some actual insight, I clicked on the link contained in the email. Whereupon a locked password downloaded to my desktop, the given password being yet another reference number.

And the document said this:

Audiometry Test Outcome: Fit for Work – Recall Date: 02/12/2018

And that was all.

Really?

What would have happened if it said, ‘Unfit for Work’?

Could this have happened to any of my colleagues?

What does it all mean?

Sigh.