Great ideas . I presently use an app for a sound dB level meter , which seems to be sufficient . I would like to have a portable audiometer , but that would take up the majority of the budget and we want to get the most we can for this money . Do you have any assessment recommendations . In a reply above I listed the assessments we have at my hospital . I have a lot of assessments in mind , but we ' re unsure of how much use we will use any one ax . <| sep |> I don ' t think that English is his first language , so I don ' t think he meant it in that waya quick glance into his comment history reveals this to be the case , plus the usage of commas for decimal denoting rather than periods . Don ' t be too quick to judge people , ' s all I ' m saying .