An ear check happened by every school physical back inthe1960es.
In addition I got called in downtown for an ispection of my ears and hearing test when I was 7. It got detected thatI had excessive ear wax thatgot flushed out.
When I was 8 I had another hearing test at school.
These were additional special exams, that the school health authorities in Norway are very eager to send kids to.
Other special exam types very often done to Norweagian children are orthopedic ordeals, ADHD assessment, visual assessment and pelvic exams, those last both for boys and girls, but those last usually happen under anesthesia, and many kids do not know that it has been done, because the reason given for anesthesia is often another, which somtimes is a plain lie, other times a part of the total ordeal.
The reason for pelvic exams are often worry for the kid being subjected to sexual abuse, with a very broad definition of this term
And yes, hernia surgery is high on teh list. in Noway.
Whatever special exam done in this country, using the kid as guinea pig in some broader surveillance or scientific program, and money is usually exchanged thereby too.