Ministry of Health's National Screening Protocols
The best-practice requirements for Vision Hearing Technicians are described in the Ministry of Health's National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols.
Introducing the National Protocols
The National Protocols provide an outline of the screening process, but are not a training manual.
This quote is from Pat Tuohy's video introduction to the national Screening Protocols. Pat Tuohy is the Chief Advisor, Child and Youth Health for the Ministry of Health.
Watch Pat Tuohy's introductory video [YouTube]
The National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols document
This Ministry of Health' document has four main sections and several sub-sections, as follows.
Introduction
Programme summary
The programme
Cohort groups
Test environments/locations
Competencies
Test equipment
Resources
Quality requirements
Hearing screening
Overview of hearing screening
Pathway 1: Initial screening audiometry (sweep test) or re-screen
Pathway 2: Screening audiometry (hearing concerns)
Screening technique: tympanometry
Vision screening
Overview of vision screening
Screening technique: Parr letter-matching vision charts or Sheridan Gardner charts
Screening technique: Snellen eye chart
Colour vision: Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plate
The Screening Protocols document is available to download from the Ministry of Health's website.
National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols [Ministry of Health]