54 what can your child hear?
Tester: If the child responds to the quiet
sound, mark the chart with 1 circle and
stop testing that ear with the low-pitch
sound.
If the child does not respond to the
quiet sound, shake the can a little
harder to make a medium sound, also
for about 3 to 4 seconds. Wait to see if the
child responds.
If the child does respond, mark the chart with 2
circles and stop testing that ear with that sound. If the child does
not respond to the medium sound, shake the can hard to make a
loud sound for 3 to 4 seconds. If the child responds to the loud sound, put
3 circles in the correct box on the chart.
There will be no circle if the child did not hear the sound.
Be sure to check both ears with all three sounds —
• the low-pitch sound (the can with wood)
• the middle-pitch sound (the can with beans)
• the high-pitch sound (the can with rice)
When you have finished
Look at the pattern of hearing. It may be very different for each child.
This child
hears low pitch
sounds better
than high
pitch ones.
This child
is almost
completely
deaf.
The high pitch sounds have to be
louder for her to hear them. She
also hears better on her right side
than on her left.
He can hear no sounds in his
left ear. He can hear a little
in his right ear, but only low
pitch sounds that are loud.
= soft sound
= medium sound
= loud sound
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)