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Purpose of screening: To detect students who may have hearing loss and should be referred for full evaluation of hearing abilities. Students who pass a hearing screening should not be referred for full hearing evaluation unless there are additional circumstances which may warrant testing. Screenings are conducted by the school speech-language pathologist, with oversight and support by the district educational audiologist.
Populations Screened
Populations Screened
All preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and sixth grade students in the Boise District.
Students new to the Boise School District.
Additional students may be screened upon request with parent permission. Click Here for the Parent Permission Form
* If it is noted that a student (of any grade) does not have screening data recorded in IC, those students should be screened as soon as possible.
* Access New-To-District and Boise Online School student lists by selecting Index > Ad Hoc Reporting> Filter Designer then selecting +SLP. Click "Test" to generate a pop-up window that can be used to print student names. Click "Select" or double-click the desired list to populate names in the sidebar for faster data entry.
Screening Procedures
Screening Procedures
Positive response to puretones of 1k, 2k, 4k, and 6kHz at 20 dB.
If a student does not respond to all tones in each ear, the student will be re-screened in 3-6 weeks. This allows any temporary congestion (i.e. middle ear problems) to be separated from students who have chronic ear and/or hearing problems.
Students who are not able to participate in standard puretone screening may participate in alternate measures, such as otoacoustic emissions. Contact the BSD audiologist for support screening these students.
When students elect not to participate, screening efforts may be logged as "refused to participate" within Infinite Campus.
Document all screening attempts. When students are absent, please indicate their absence as a screening. Select "unable to screen" within the results area and use the Comments box to indicate "absent on the day of the hearing screening." Please attempt to screen the student upon their return.
Referral for Full Audiological Evaluation
Referral for Full Audiological Evaluation
Please schedule a time for the district audiologist to come to your buildings to conduct an additional hearing screening on site prior to referral.
Students who do not pass the school hearing re-screen will be referred for full audiological evaluation. The Speech-Language Pathologist will oversee the referral process.
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