Occupational hearing testing, sized for small teams

If you run an auto shop, a machine shop, a landscaping crew, a small manufacturing operation, or a dental practice, your OSHA hearing conservation obligations don’t scale down with your headcount — but the industry built to meet them was never designed for you. Mobile testing vans are built for volume, and corporate occupational health networks are built for contracts. Neither makes sense for a team of three to ten.

Golden State Hearing Aid Center offers a simpler path: in-office occupational hearing testing and custom molded hearing protection for small businesses in the Modesto area. Your employees come to our office at 101 College Ave. Suite 1A — tested personally by the practice’s CAOHC-certified owner, scheduled around your workweek, and back on the job quickly.

Built for small teams, not big contracts

A mobile van route may not reach your area on your compliance calendar, and a national network will route you through a call center to get there. We flip the model: rather than bringing a clinic to your parking lot, we put a full audiometric practice minutes from anywhere in Modesto. Scheduling is flexible Monday through Thursday, employees are in and out quickly, and there’s no waiting on a van date — for a small crew, that usually means less total downtime, not more.

What your business gets

CAOHC-certified audiometric testing: Baseline audiograms for new hires and annual audiograms for noise-exposed employees, performed to occupational standards.

Standard threshold shift review: Each annual audiogram is compared against the employee’s baseline. If a potential shift appears, we confirm it under professional review, notify you promptly, and schedule the follow-up evaluation.

Records for your OSHA files: You receive fully documented employee test records, ready to drop into your compliance file.

Custom molded hearing protection: Each earpiece starts from a 3D digital ear scan — no messy putty impressions — and the finished fit is verified on each ear with E-A-Rfit dual-ear validation. Your employees leave with verified attenuation, not a guess.

One note on scope: we don’t perform onsite visits or workplace noise monitoring and sound surveys. If your business needs a noise survey, an industrial hygienist is the right partner — we handle the testing and protection side.

Frequently asked questions

Do you come to our workplace?

No — all testing takes place at our Modesto office at 101 College Ave. Suite 1A. For a small team, sending employees to us a few at a time is usually faster than waiting for a mobile testing van date, and it keeps your operation running while each person is tested.

Can custom-molded earplugs be sanitized and reused across different shifts?

Yes. Our earplugs are manufactured from medical-grade, non-porous materials. This allows for routine industrial cleaning and disinfection without degrading the material or compromising the acoustic seal.

How are the baseline and annual audiometric records stored for compliance?

We manage and store all testing data in accordance with strict health privacy regulations. You receive fully documented reports that are ready for inspection and easy to integrate into your internal compliance files.

What happens if an employee shows a standard threshold shift (STS) on their annual test?

If an annual test flags a potential standard threshold shift, we confirm it under professional review, notify you promptly, and schedule the employee for a follow-up evaluation to determine next steps and any recommended hearing protection adjustments.

Set up testing for your team

Call (209) 287-3272 or use our contact form and we’ll get your team on the schedule.