Early detection and intervention is vital for children with hearing loss. Children's responses to sounds change as they grow. If your child has difficulty with the age-level hearing tasks listed below, an audiologist who specializes in working with children may be of help. Check with your pediatrician for more assistance. If awake, baby quiets to a voice 6 months Baby rouses from sleep to loud sounds.
Baby turns toward the direction of a sound.
9 months Child enjoys playing with a bell or rattle. Child turns directly when called by name and makes several different sounds with changing pitch. Child begins to imitate some speech sounds. Child says two or three words spontaneously and at appropriate times. Child says more than six words.