WAC 246-828-080. Minimum standards of equipment

Minimum equipment in the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments must include: (1) Access to a selection of hearing instrument models, and hearing instrument supplies and services sufficiently complete to accommodate the various patient or client needs. (2) Facilities for the personal comfort of customers. (3) A test environment with background noise no greater than current American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications (S3.6-1996) plus 15 decibels (dB). When nonstandard environments must be used, appropriate procedures must be employed and documented. (4) Pure tone audiometer calibrated in accordance with WAC 246-828-090 . (5) Equipment appropriate for conducting speech audiometry (testing).