YOUR BABY'S HEARING CHECKLIST

This hearing checklist outlines indicators of good hearing throughout most children's
development from birth to three years of age. If you think your child may be affected
by hearing loss, you should schedule a hearing test with your child's audiologist.

Birth-3 Months 15-20 Months

Quiets or diminishes activity when Can follow simple directions, such as
approached by sound (hears parent's voice) "Go get your shoes and jacket."
Is startled by loud sounds (reactions such as Recognizes hair, nose, eyes, and
blinking, body jerk, cessation of sucking, other parts of the body when named
sudden crying, etc.) Asks for wants by naming items such
as "blanket" "cookie," or "teddy bear"
3-6 Months
Speaks 10 to 20 words
Looks to speaker's voice
Turns head to search for source of a voice 20-24 Months
Enjoys rattles, noise-making toys Begins combining words such as
Anticipates feeding by familiar sounds "More juice" or "Mommy home?"
(bottles rattling, spoon in dish, etc.) Refers to self by name
Enjoys being read to
6-10 Months Shows interest in sounds of
Reacts to music by cooing radio, television, and stereo
Responds to on name
Looks to right person when words 2-3 Years
"Mommy" and "Daddy" are said At 24 months: Speaks about 270 words with
Shows understanding of common words such a rapid rate of increase in vocabulary daily
as "no" "all-gone" "bye," and "nighty-night" Wants to communicate to express needs
and interests and tell expressions
Babbles (sounds like: da, ba, ma)
Is frustrated if adults do not understand
10-15 Months By age 3: Vocabulary equals some 1000
Knows names of favorite toys and words, 80% of which should be intelligible
even to strangers. It is not unusual for some
can point to them when asked
sounds to be mispronounced (such as "th,"
Likes rhymes and jingleS
"" or ")
Imitates simple words and sounds

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