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.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 April 2013
• Last updated: 24 June 2025
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  1. 24 June 2025

     Changed content type to guidance.

  2. 16 December 2024

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

  3. 1 April 2013

     First published.

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Newborn hearing screening: making and reacting to sounds checklists

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