Early auditory development plays a critical role in a child’s spoken communication journey. Supporting families and professionals during these early years requires tools like ReDi and the LittlEARS ® Auditory Questionnaire that are simple, accessible, and practical in home and clinical environments.

Hearing professionals can use the EARS® (Evaluation of Auditory Responses to Speech) test battery to assess the auditory skills of children with hearing loss. Delivering a robust framework for tracking progress and informing developmentally appropriate goals, EARS is now available for download as a digital resource in several languages.

Users of hearing aids and cochlear implants benefit from auditory rehabilitation training. However, following the activation of hearing devices, several barriers to receiving auditory rehabilitation care exist for many users. To overcome these barriers, MED-EL has developed the ReDi auditory rehabilitation app that uses AI (artificial intelligence) technology. Clinicians can use ReDi to help provide personalized and level-appropriate auditory and speech training to their patients remotely in over 155 languages—and cochlear implant users can benefit from immediate feedback while training whenever and wherever they wish.

Is it important that a child stacks blocks? Does it matter if a child does not find an object hidden in front of them? A child is becoming defiant. Is that ok? At specific ages, the answer to these questions would be yes. Even though these skills or behaviors would not be considered auditory development, they