The Test Prep screen will allow you to perform routine hardware checks to ensure your device is functioning properly, and in some cases, to maintain compliance with your regulatory requirements.
In this article:
Configuring your test prep settings in the portal
We recommend you first configure and/or confirm your test prep settings in your SHOEBOX Data Management Portal. The settings you configure in the portal should reflect your organization’s regulatory requirements for routine hardware checks. These can be configured to be required on a regular interval. If they are, you will be required to pass the activities prior to testing.
| Important: Initial, default options are pre-set by SHOEBOX based on your organization's industry. Additionally, changing these settings will apply changes to all devices in your organization. Only make changes to these settings if you are sure of your organization's required configurations. |
Interval explanation
Daily: Required every 24 hours. For example, if the test prep activity was completed at 10:15 AM today, the next one will be required at 10:15 AM tomorrow.
Weekly: Required at midnight on the first day of every week. The first day of the week is defined by your iPad's settings, which default to your regional settings and can be changed manually. For example, in the US regional settings, the first day of every week is defined as Sunday. You can change this manually by going into your iPad's settings and changing it to whichever day of the week you would like PureTest to consider as the first day of the week. Test prep activities would then be required at midnight on that day each week.
Monthly: Required on the first day of every month, except for the date you install PureTest, at which time it will be required immediately. After that, it will be required on the first day of each month. For example, if PureTest was installed on May 15th, the test prep activity is required immediately as no data exists for May, and then the next one would be required on June 1st, then July 1st, and so on.
To configure your test prep settings
Log in to your SHOEBOX Data Management Portal.
Hover over the Settings tab in the sidebar.
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Under the PureTest heading, select Test Prep. On this page, you will find the configurations for your organizations test prep activities: ambient noise room scan, headphones check, and biological verification.
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In the Room Scan section, first select the MPANL (Maximum Permissible Ambient Noise Level) setting that applies to your organization, then use the drop down menu to select the interval at which your app will require a successful room scan. Finally, use the toggle switch to select whether or not an external microphone is required for noise monitoring.
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Note: To maintain compliance for occupational hearing testing, select OSHA as your MPANL protocol, Daily as your successful room scan interval, and set the Require External Microphone switch to ON.
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In the Headphones Check section, use the drop down menu to select the interval at which your app will require a routine check.
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Note: To maintain compliance for occupational hearing testing, select Daily.
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In the Biological Verification section, select the frequencies presented during the bio verification, then select the interval at which a bio verification is required, and finally the noise alert mode during the bio verification.
Note: Changing the test prep settings in the portal for biological verification by adding or removing frequencies will clear shared baselines. A warning will appear to notify the admin user that this will take place. This is to ensure that shared baselines are always consistent with the test prep settings.
What is biological verification?
Biological verification is a hearing test the examiner performs on themselves to make sure the audiometer's sound output is functioning properly. Future results are compared to your first test (baseline) to confirm that there have been no significant changes. This activity works best when the examiner has stable hearing. If there is more than a 10dB difference at any frequency, a full acoustic calibration is required.
| Note: the frequencies and noise alert settings configured here should be the same settings your organization uses for hearing testing. |
To disable biological verification
If you are certain that your organization does not need to perform biological verification, you can disable biological verification entirely by clicking on the green toggle switch to turn it off. This will remove biological verification from the test prep page. A warning notification will let the user know that biological verification is required for compliance in many hearing conservation programs.