Vision and Hearing Screening

If your student passes, you won’t receive a notification. No news is good news!

A referral letter will be sent home with your student recommending a follow-up with an eye care professional, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist.

These students will be rescreened at a later date. If they do not pass the second screening, you’ll receive a referral letter recommending a follow-up with a healthcare professional, such as an audiologist.

If either part of the screening is unsuccessful, you will receive a notification letter.

Absent students will be screened at a later date.

Students are screened while wearing their corrective lenses. Please make sure glasses are clean and sent to school. If your student wears night contacts, remind them to tell the screener when asked.

It works by using infrared light to simultaneously measure both eyes from a distance of one meter in under one second. It is safe, non-contact, and widely used by pediatricians.  The device does not keep a record of individual student findings on the machine itself once the screening is complete.

Remind your student to walk quietly, use a quiet, indoor voice and follow          instructions.