Hearing and Understanding
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Talking
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Birth to 3 Months
- Startles
to loud sounds.
- Quiets
or smiles when spoken to.
- Seems
to recognize your voice and quiets if crying.
- Increases
or decreases sucking behavior in response to sound.
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Birth to 3 Months
- Makes
pleasure sounds (cooing, gooing).
- Cries
differently for different needs.
- Smiles
when sees you.
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4 – 6 Months
- Moves
eyes in direction of sounds.
- Responds
to changes in tone of your voice.
- Notices
toys that make sounds.
- Pays
attention to music.
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4 – 6 Months
- Babbling
sounds more speech-like with many different sounds including p, b, and
m.
- Vocalizes
excitement and displeasure.
- Makes
gurgling sounds when left alone and when playing with you.
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7 Months – 1 Year
- Enjoys games like
peek-o-boo and pat-a cake.
- Turns and looks in
direction of sounds
- Listens when spoken
to.
- Recognizes words for
common items like “cup,” “shoe,” “juice”.
- Begins to respond to
requests (“Come here,” “Want more?”).
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7 Months – 1 Year
- Babbling has both
long and short groups of sounds such as “tata upup bibibibi”.
- Uses speech of
non-crying sounds to get and keep attention.
- Imitates different
speech sounds.
- Has 1 or 2 words
(bye-bye, dada, mama) although they may not be clear.
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1 – 2 Years
- Points
to a few body parts when asked.
- Follows
simple commands and understands simple questions (“Roll the ball,” “Kiss
the baby,” “Where’s your shoe?”).
- Listens
to simple stories, songs, and rhymes.
- Points
to pictures in a book when named.
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1 – 2 Years
- Says
more words every month.
- Uses
some 1-2 word questions (“Where kitty?” “Go bye-bye?” “What’s that?”).
- Puts
2 words together (“more cookie,” “no juice,” “mommy book”).
- Uses
many different consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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2 – 3 Years
- Understands
differences in meaning (“go-stop,” “in-on”,” “big-little,” “up-down).
- Follows
two requests (“Get the book and put it on the table.”).
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2 – 3 Years
- Has
a word for almost everything.
- Uses
2-3 word “sentences” to talk about and ask for things.
- Speech
is understood by familiar listeners most of the time.
- Often
asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them.
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3 – 4 Years
- Hears
you when called from another room.
- Hears
television or radio at the same loudness as other family members.
- Understands
simple “who?” “what?” “where?”
“why?” questions.
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3 – 4 Years
- Talks
about activities at school or at friends’ homes.
- People
outside family usually understand child’s speech.
- Uses
a lot of sentences that have 3-4 or more words.
- Usually
talks easily without repeating syllables or words.
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4 – 5 Years
- Pays
attention to a short story and answers simple questions about it.
- Hears
and understands most of what is said at home and in school.
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4 – 5 Years
- Voice
sounds clear like other children’s.
- Uses
sentences that give lots of details (e.g. “I like to read by books.”).
- Tells
stories that stick to topic.
- Communicates
easily with other children and adults.
- Says
most sounds correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, sh, ch, th.
- Uses
the same grammar as the rest of the family.
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