An audio technology system has become an integral part of Proserpine’s St Catherine’s Catholic College Primary School classrooms, and its Acting Principal wouldn’t have it any other way. Hear and Learn’s RedCAT audio technology has become part of everyday life across all the Primary School’s classrooms. “We couldn’t do without them,” says Acting Principal of…
Read more
According to Casino Public School’s Principal, Garry Carter, if a student can’t hear they can’t learn, and the school is doing everything possible to ensure that doesn’t happen. Casino Public School is one of a new breed of schools where budget constraints give way to students’ learning needs rather than community expectations, and a high…
Read more
In a catchment area that includes families from Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa as well as indigenous Australian families, more than 50% of Morley Primary School’s student population has English as a Second Language. “We’re in an area quite close to the city with a transient population,” explains Deputy Principal Ms Amanda Box….
Read more
A major interior refurbishment at one of Hobart’s oldest educational establishment has brought both classes of each year level into close proximity, creating what senior staff believe is a more conducive and cooperative learning and teaching environment. Central to the success of the larger, more open classrooms is Hear and Learn’s RedCAT audio system, designed…
Read more
A recent combined screening program at Bunbury, WA’s Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School revealed one third of its students had some form of hearing loss due to fluid in the middle ear canal. A range of health and well-being programs have been initiated at the school, but it’s the introduction of new classroom sound systems and…
Read more
At Mary MacKillop Primary in Narre Warren, Melbourne, teachers use the Hear and Learn Flexcat system. Teachers Tamara and Margaret explain; “We are using the Flex Cat (clarity and amplifying aid) in our classroom everyday. We use it to run and manage Literacy groups and independent learning times. It is beneficial because we can monitor…
Read moreNoise and engagement can be improved in classrooms to address concerns of Australian Federal Education Minister NSW newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported on 15 March 2017 that international reports about the state of Australian education determine “44% of (NSW) students don’t listen to what the teacher says the majority of the time”. Background noise in…
Read moreThe Federal Government’s National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) has extensively investigated auditory stream segregation deficits as one important cause of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Auditory stream segregation is the process by which a listener is able to differentiate the various auditory signals which arrive simultaneously at the ears and form meaningful representations of the incoming…
Read moreStudents supplied with hearing aids and transmitters can integrate with Hear and Learn classroom sound systems and equipment. Advice from Australian Hearing states: “The following transmitters that are fitted by Australian Hearing all come with an audio input socket, so could be connected to one of the outputs of the Lightspeed system, enabling the child…
Read more