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Show ft n - - ' 1 i, ..alU 1 .. . . TESTING Tim Humphrey tests a student in the audio-logical audio-logical labratory, part of Alpine District facilities. Students Get Hearing Checked The School District has a hearing conservation program directed by Tim Humphrey. Annually each student in Kindergarten, 1st, '2nd, 5th, and 10th grades are given a hearing test to evaluate each student's auditory acuity. This amounts to between 11,000 and 12.000 students annually. This testing has already taken place.' When a student is found to have abnormal hearing the parents are contacted and the child is taken Lo Lindon Elementary for a more thorough evaluation. During the last 5 years the district has invested 8,000 S9.000. In the hearing conservation program. Items .such as a doublewall sound proof room, a new Beltone console Audiometer, a Teledyne Impedance Meter, and several portable audiometers have been obtained. Each year there is between 200-300 students seen at Lindon. Approximately 60-70 of these student are referred for medical attention. Many of these are found to have |