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Stages to look for in your child's hearing development. |
| Birth to 3 months |
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Quiets when sound approaches or when parents' voices heard. |
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Reacts to loud sounds by blinking, moving or crying. |
| 3 to 6 months |
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Looks to speaker's voice. |
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Turns head to the source of a voice. |
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Enjoys rattles and noise-making toys. |
| 6 to 10 months |
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Reacts to music by cooing. |
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Responds to own name. |
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Looks to the correct person when words like "Mommy" or "Daddy" are said. |
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Shows understanding of common words ("no", "bye", etc.) |
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Babbles with sounds like "ba", "da", "ma". |
| 10 to 15 months |
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Knows names of favorite toys and can point to them when asked. |
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Likes rhymes and jingles. |
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Imitates simple words and sounds. |
| 15 to 20 months |
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Can follow simple directions ("Go get your shoes") |
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Recognizes body parts like hair, nose, and eyes when they're named. |
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Asks for things by name ("blanket", "cookie", "teddy bear"). |
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Speaks with a vocabulary of 10 to 20 words. |
| 20 to 24 months |
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Begins combining words such as "More juice", "Mommy home?", or "Go bye-bye car". |
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Refers to self by name. |
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Enjoys being read to. |
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Shows interest in the sounds of radio, television and stereo. |
| 24 months to 3 years |
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At 24 months: speaks with a vocabulary of about 270 words, increasing each day. |
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Wants to communicate to express needs and interests and tell experiences. |
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Is frustrated when adults don't understand. |
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By age three, has a vocabulary around 1000 words, 80% of which should be intelligible to strangers. Some sounds will be mispronounced ("th", "r", "l"). |  |
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