| The purpose of this paper was to determine the auditory skill development outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and the relationship of auditory outcomes to providerswithin the state of Idaho. Parents of 57 children completed the LittlEARS questionnaires. Twenty providers from IESDB completed the Listening2Learn checklist.The data from the LittlEARSand L2L was analyzedforchild and provider outcomes and demographics. A correlational analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between child auditory outcomes and provider confidence. Results indicated that manychildren within Idaho are not meeting developmental milestones for auditory skills and providers are more confident in skills related to hearing technology that auditory skill development. There was anegative correlation between LittlEARS outcomes and caregivers conducting listening checks, a negative correlation between LittlEARS and hearing technology worn, andpositive correlation was found between provider confidence in assessing discrimination skills and LittlEARS outcomes.Key Words: auditory skill development, children who are deaf or hard of hearing, provider confidence, speech-language pathologist, teachers of the deaf or hard of hearing, early intervention |