PURPOSE: to verify that children aged between four and five months recognize their own names. METHOD: it is a cross-sectional study with 16 infants aged between four and five months, assessed by the Newborn Hearing Screening State Program (NHSP) in the Speech and Language Therapy Clinic of Hospital das Clínicas of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (HC - UFMG). In addition to the recognition test of the name, it was realized hearing and language assessment. A descriptive analysis of the variables of the study was held and the statistical analysis. Continuous variables were compared using the paired T test and it was considered a significance level of 5% and confidence coefficient of 95%. RESULTS: it was verified a predominance of responses to recall the name itself, in most infants evaluated. CONCLUSIONS: on the basis of the criteria set out in this study, infants aged between four and five months are capable of recognize their own names.
Speech; Language and Hearing Sciences; Child Development; Hearing; Language; Speech Perception; Auditory Perception
