Listening at home
Practical ways to check and grow your child's listening, right where you live.
When six sounds aren't quite enough detail, ten sounds, grouped by low, mid, and high frequencies, show you the shape of your child's hearing across the speech range. Here's when LMH is worth the little bit of extra time.
Six simple sounds, about two minutes, and one of the most useful things you can do every day. Here's what the Ling 6 check is, and how to fit it into the home routine.
Did the sound get in? Did your child know what it was? Could they say it back? Three responses, three different types of checks that give different levels of insight into your child's listening.
A two-minute check, done most days, gives you the earliest sign when something in your child's hearing has changed. Here's how to run a listening check well, without turning it into a stressful test.