Sound Scouts

The award-winning, game-based app designed to eliminate undetected hearing loss. Supported by the DoH Australia.
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Sound Scouts is a game designed to test the hearing of children, especially around the time they start school. Sound Scout's Founder Carolyn Mee's vision is to provide an accessible and fun hearing test for children. Undetected hearing loss in children greatly impacts their social development and education. It is crucial to identify hearing problems in children early in their lives in order to support growth and development throughout their school years. Developed in collaboration with the National Acoustic Laboratories, Sounds Scouts looks and feels like a game, however, it incorporates advanced scientific principles that enable it to detect a range of hearing problems. While Sound Scouts is based on science, it's the gameplay that encourages and enables a valid hearing check for children (aged 4yrs 9months and older)

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17th September, 2019
The Best of The Best in Australian Education

On Friday the 16th of August, Sound Scouts attended The Educator’s Australian Education Awards. Foun...

13th August, 2019
Put that cotton bud down! Other ways to clear your ears.

The contentious cotton bud has been a household staple since 1923, but it was never invented with th...

7th August, 2019
Hearing-impaired Student calls for mandatory Hearing Screening

Hearing-Impaired Student calls for mandatory Hearing Screening for all children starting school in N...

6th August, 2019
How 5 simple actions could prevent hearing loss in your child

When Rachel Mills was a classroom teacher 11 years ago, she had no idea of the impact an ear infecti...

6th August, 2019
Elyse is all ears at school, thanks to Sound Scouts

When Elyse M, was five-years-old she was like any other pre-schooler, looking forward to starting ki...

6th August, 2019
Summer kicking goals thanks to Sound Scouts

Listening to Sydney schoolgirl Summer H confidently call out instructions on the soccer pitch, you w...

22nd July, 2019
Sound Scouts Select: 5 beautiful children's books on inclusion, disability and connection

Beautiful things happen when everyone is included. Our kids will be the leaders of our future, so it...

11th July, 2019
Quiet places in public spaces: an appetite for change

3 min read Have you ever sat in a restaurant with a group of friends and not been able to hear anyon...

4th July, 2019
Why hearing loss in kids can be hard for parents to spot

Emily Joyce, Freelance Writer If you were asked to recall specific events in the days after giving b...

5th June, 2019
An old fashioned virus – with modern day consequences…

Did you know that the US measles outbreak is at its highest level of cases in more than 25 years? In...

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