The Hear to Learn School Screening program is targeted at Prep students, but our hearing screeners can screen any older students who you may be concerned about, or are displaying signs of hearing problems. It is the school’s decision as to what year levels are screened and how many students are screened during the screening day.

Hear and Say’s school hearing screening team are trained, experienced hearing screeners who screen over 16,000 children each year. All Hear to Learn screeners hold a valid Working with Children card (blue card) and a valid Disability Worker Screening card (yellow card).

It takes between three and five minutes to screen each student. However, this can be longer or shorter, depending on each student and their individual needs. We estimate that a team of two screeners can screen 90 students during a typical school day.

Following your screening day, an overall report for the school is prepared, giving an overview of all students screened including those who did not receive a ‘pass’ result and the reasons why. The school also receives a copy of each student’s individual report (if the parents have given consent, on the consent form, for the school to be informed).Both reports are emailed to the school within two weeks of the screening day.

Families are emailed (or mailed, if no email address is provided on the consent form) a copy of their child’s individual report within two weeks of the screening day.

Our screening team will contact parents by phone on the day of screening to discuss the results if their child receives a ‘high priority refer’ result from their hearing evaluation. If families do not understand the report, recommendations or need further information, they can contact Hear and Say to speak to one of our screeners for further explanation.