The hear subdomain captures opportunities for auditory exploration. Although parks and playgrounds typically offer fewer opportunities for auditory exploration compared to tactile and vestibular exploration, new playgrounds offer many more opportunities to explore different auditory sensations compared to playgrounds built several decades ago.
The hear subdomain does not have any categories or subcategories. Instead, points are awarded for the number of auditory elements present. Only interactive auditory playground equipment such as bells, chimes, cymbals, drums, gongs, megaphones, pianos, rattles, talk tubes, whistles, xylophones, and other auditory equipment count towards the number of auditory elements present.
Photos are examples of different types of auditory elements within the hear subdomain. Actual affordances at parks and playgrounds will look different.