Screening Procedures

Informal Hearing Test

Conversational Live-Voice Test

1. Place the child 15-20 feet away from the

examiner.
2. The examiner asks simple questions
moving closer and closer until the child can
give the answer.
3. If the child has difficulty in hearing at 10-20
feet, he is a suspect of having hearing loss
and should be referred for further
evaluation.
Coin Click Test
1. Place the child 2-5 feet away with his back
facing the examiner.
2. The examiner tosses a two-peso coin and
asks the child to raise his right hand every
time he hears the clicking of the coin.
3. If he hears the coin ring as it strikes the
hard surface, his high frequency hearing
acuity is normal.
4. If he hears only a thud, he is presumed to
have high frequency hearing loss.
Noisemakers Test
a drum for low frequency
a medium-sized bell for middle
frequency
a whistle for high frequency
1. Mark off the room in one foot space
intervals from the child.
2. Keep the child busy with toys in one
corner or in the middle of the room.
3. While the child is busy, make the sound of
each noisemaker at the marked points.
4. Indicate the nearest point at which the child
responds.

The principle is, the shorter the distance

between the source of sound and the child,
the more severe the hearing loss is.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
Intelligence Test Weschler Intelligence Scale for
Children
An individually administered test consisting of
different 10 subtests.
Verbal and performance scale
similarities
arithmetic
comprehension
vocabulary
For Grade 1-6
Performance portion:
picture completion
picture arrangement
block design
object assembly
coding
Purdue Non Language Test

A “culture fair” test designed to measure

general mental ability .
Consist of geometric forms which the
subject is asked to choose which figure
is different from the others.
Ist year high school and above
Phil. Non Verbal Intelligence Test

A culturally related test. It consists of

100 cards of different illustrations with
stimulus materials and familiar objects
seen in the Philippine environment. The
test is arranged according to degree of
difficulty.
For 5 years old and above