Your baby's hearing development
Your baby's hearing development
When it comes to your baby's hearing, you'll need to identify what's normal and what's not?
By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff
Baby's hearing, just like everything else, is developed over time. Babies start hearing when still in the womb, but developing their senses to all work together takes time. For example - babies may hear the sound of a dog barking, but if they don't know what a dog is, they won't make sense of this sound.
The stages of a baby's hearing include:
- At birth, babies should respond to the sound of your voice by turning their head towards the source of the sound.
- Between 7 and 10 months, babies start reacting to other sounds such as footsteps, music, people talking, etc.
- Between 11 and 15 months, babies start to make responses to sounds. When asked simple questions, they should be able to answer with a physical (or possibly verbal) response. When asked "where is daddy?" they will point towards him.
- Between 11 and 15 months, babies begin to imitate sounds. When babies imitate sounds, they have successfully matched sounds. Soon after language development starts.
These guidelines are considered normal in infant hearing development. If your infant is not exhibiting such development, you'll want to check with your doctor.
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