These are two distinct mandated roles under OSHA. The Professional Supervisor has program-level responsibility: ensuring the adequacy of the testing environment, procedures, and recordkeeping; overseeing technician training; coordinating audiometric services; reviewing annual training content; and maintaining program compliance overall. The Audiology Reviewer has patient-level responsibility: evaluating individual audiograms for clinical significance, confirming or ruling out STSs, identifying problem audiograms, and determining work-relatedness of hearing changes.
These are two distinct mandated roles under OSHA. The Professional Supervisor has program-level responsibility: ensuring the adequacy of the testing environment, procedures, and recordkeeping; overseeing technician training; coordinating audiometric services; reviewing annual training content; and maintaining program compliance overall. The Audiology Reviewer has patient-level responsibility: evaluating individual audiograms for clinical significance, confirming or ruling out STSs, identifying problem audiograms, and determining work-relatedness of hearing changes. The operational distinction matters because the Professional Supervisor role can often be fulfilled quarterly or annually (oversight visits, protocol reviews, program audits), while Audiology Review is triggered by each audiogram result that requires clinical judgment. Some organizations source both roles from the same individual; others separate them. SHOEBOX: SHOEBOX provides both roles: CAOHC-certified Professional Supervisors for the program oversight function and a multi-state network of licensed Audiology Reviewers for per-patient clinical review.
