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Press releases & announcements

Experts Call for Earlier Detection of Childhood Hearing Loss

New research for Hearing Awareness Week 2019 reveals Australian parents aren't prioritising critical hearing tests for children — with one in five never having had their child's hearing tested.

Sound Scouts: SXSW 2019 Pediatric Health Pitch Finalist

Morrison Government Funds $4 Million National Rollout of Sound Scouts

Sound Scouts Wins 2017 Data Innovation Award: Best Start Up

Sound Scouts Wins Health and Wearable Technology Award at 2017 SXSW Accelerator

Sound Scouts Selected as Finalist for SXSW Accelerator Competition

Coverage

Feb 2025 Inside Ageing
Australian start-up Sound Scouts wins US health tech award
Feb 2025 Australian Ageing Agenda
Hearing app makes finals in 'health techquity' awards
July 2024 Mouths of Mums
Review: Sound Scouts
Mar 2022 Sunrise (Channel 7)
Hearing Loss Statistics
Jan 2022 ABC Radio National
Screening kids for hearing loss
Oct 2019 TMC News
Women entrepreneurs win investment at third annual digital health Fire Pitch Competition
Oct 2019 Houston Business Journal
Female founders nab funding in Houston pitch competition
Oct 2019 Talking Business (Qantas)
Carolyn Mee, Founder of Sound Scouts featured on Talking Business with Alan Kohler
July 2019 Kidspot
Could your child's school report be hinting at a hearing problem?
Apr 2019 RiverPitch
Hearing Test Start Up Sound Scouts in the National RiverPitch final
Mar 2019 The Educator
Parents not prioritising hearing tests for children
Mar 2019 Women Love Tech
Australian Sound Scouts, Accessible Hearing Test
Mar 2019 Mamamia
Kylie's seven-year-old daughter's hearing problem went undetected for years
Mar 2019 Today Extra
Today Extra: Test your kid's hearing for free
Mar 2019 9 News
Carolyn Mee talks about Sound Scouts on Nine News Now
Mar 2019 7 News
7 News: Parents urged to check kids hearing before school
Mar 2019 Education HQ
Hearing Week 2019: $4 million rollout of fun and free new test for students
Dec 2018 ABC News
Australian game tests children for hearing loss and disorders
Sept 2018 HuffPost
The Aussie Technology Detecting Hearing Loss In Children
Aug 2018 Kidspot
Your child may have hearing loss and you don't know it
Jan 2018 News.com.au
The Aussie game saving kids around the world
Mar 2018 Daily Telegraph
Sound Scouts: the game to detect hearing loss in children
July 2016 Mashable
Sound Scouts is the tablet game designed to test kids' hearing at home
Mar 2016 Startup Daily
Sydney health tech app Sound Scouts gamifies hearing testing for children
Mar 2016 2UE 954 News Talk
Sound Scouts Founder, Carolyn Mee on 2UE 954 News Talk