Guidance

Newborn hearing screening: making and reacting to sounds checklists

Healthcare professionals can use these checklists to help parents recognise hearing loss in a baby.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

This publication lists the typical stages of development and the types of noises a baby can make and react to at different ages.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 24 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Changed content type to guidance.

  2. Changed lead organisation to NHS England. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  3. First published.

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