Sound Scouts
Sound Scouts is dedicated to eliminating undetected hearing loss in children by providing accessible, innovative, and clinically validated hearing test solutions. Collaborating with the National Acoustic Laboratories, they have developed an app that offers immediate reports and next steps if hearing issues are detected, aiming to improve early detection and intervention for hearing health across all ages.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Sound Scouts
107/4 Clarke St, Crows Nest 2065 NSW, Australia
Products
Mobile hearing screening application
A downloadable tablet and smartphone application that runs a clinically validated hearing screening battery (speech-in-quiet, speech-in-noise, tones-in-noise), provides immediate reports, and supports email delivery and offline session storage.
Auditory processing assessment module
A set of clinician-oriented tests for assessing auditory processing, including language inference tasks, spatialized speech-in-noise tests, digit-span memory tasks, and dichotic digits testing, with automated scoring and normative comparisons.
Mobile hearing screening application
A downloadable tablet and smartphone application that runs a clinically validated hearing screening battery (speech-in-quiet, speech-in-noise, tones-in-noise), provides immediate reports, and supports email delivery and offline session storage.
Auditory processing assessment module
A set of clinician-oriented tests for assessing auditory processing, including language inference tasks, spatialized speech-in-noise tests, digit-span memory tasks, and dichotic digits testing, with automated scoring and normative comparisons.
Services
Web-accessible portal to support clinicians, schools and organisations with resources and integration for hearing screening workflows.
Volume purchasing options and support for schools, clinics and organisations to obtain testing credits and deploy screening at scale.
Web-accessible portal to support clinicians, schools and organisations with resources and integration for hearing screening workflows.
Volume purchasing options and support for schools, clinics and organisations to obtain testing credits and deploy screening at scale.
Expertise Areas
- Hearing screening and surveillance
- Auditory processing disorder assessment
- Clinical validation and outcomes research
- Digital health / mobile diagnostic applications
Key Technologies
- Mobile/tablet application delivery
- Game-based assessment interfaces
- Speech-in-noise testing
- Head-related transfer functions (spatialized audio)
News & Updates
Celebrating excellence in education, with founder Carolyn Mee presenting an award.
Various blog posts and articles raising awareness about hearing health, risks of cotton buds, and importance of early screening.
Multiple peer-reviewed articles and studies validating the effectiveness and scientific basis of Sound Scouts tests.
An article discussing the scientific validation and development of Sound Scouts' app-based hearing tests.
Blog posts highlighting the importance of early detection and the societal impact of untreated hearing issues.
Information on signs of hearing loss in adults and the importance of early testing.
Celebrating excellence in education, with founder Carolyn Mee presenting an award.
Various blog posts and articles raising awareness about hearing health, risks of cotton buds, and importance of early screening.
Multiple peer-reviewed articles and studies validating the effectiveness and scientific basis of Sound Scouts tests.
An article discussing the scientific validation and development of Sound Scouts' app-based hearing tests.
Blog posts highlighting the importance of early detection and the societal impact of untreated hearing issues.
Information on signs of hearing loss in adults and the importance of early testing.