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Hearing Milestones in Infants/Toddlers
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Your Baby Should: |
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Birth to 3 months: |
Startle to a sudden loud noise.
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| Soothe or calm to your voice. |
| Squeal, coo, laugh.
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3 - 6 months: |
Turn head or moves eyes to find a familiar voice.
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| Play at making noises and sounds. |
| Like sound making toys.
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6 - 9 months: |
Respond to his/her own name.
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| Begin to understand common words like
“no” and “bye-bye.” |
| Imitate speech by making sounds like coughing, clicking tongue, smacking lips.
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| Watch you and listen when you read nursery rhymes. |
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9 - 12 months: |
Repeat simple words and sounds that you make, jabbers. |
| Point or reach for familiar objects when asked.
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| Respond differently to happy or angry talking. |
| Follow simple directions. |
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12 - 18 months: |
Bounce to music. |
| Talk in what sounds like sentences, with a few understandable words. |
| Identify people, body parts, and toys. |
| Enjoy listening to stories read aloud. |
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18 - 24 months: |
Understand you when you call from another room.
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| Point to body parts when asked.
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Begin to speak in two-word combinations, such as “Mommy,
more!”
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| Prefer certain books and bring them to you.
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| At Age: |
What You Should Be Doing: |
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Birth to 3 months:
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Whenever your baby makes sounds try to imitate them. Use a
pleasant voice when talking to your baby. |
| Hold your baby close to you, often rocking, singing, talking quietly, and
reading. |
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Talk to your baby using his/her name while you work around
the house, “Hello, Johnny.” |
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3 - 9 months: |
Keep imitating your baby's sounds, talk a lot with him/her.
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| Hold your baby close to you, often singing, reading nursery rhymes, stories, or
talking. |
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Talk to your baby about his/her toys, and play games like
“Peek-a-boo” or “Pat-a-cake.” |
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| 9 - 12 months: |
Make simple speech sounds to see if your baby will imitate you
(bah-bah, gah-gah). |
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Pay attention to see if your baby says
“mama”, “dada.” |
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Talk with your baby about his/her toys and items in your house. Play singing
games. |
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Point to pictures in their books and talk about them.
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| 12 - 18 months: |
Show your baby his/her body parts,
“Here's baby's nose, eye, ear”,
etc. |
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Show simple picture books, helping to turn the pages, talk about the pictures.
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Play:
“Where's daddy? (mommy?)” and point to daddy (mommy). “Where's the doggy?
(or a toy),” “What does the doggy say? Bow-wow.” |
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| 18 - 24 months: |
Read simple stories to your child and ask questions
“Where’s the
kitty?” and point out the picture. |
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Give instructions,
“Put the doll on the chair”, “Put the ball in the box.” |
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Updated on:
03/07/2008
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