Hammersmith Neonatal and Infant Neurological Examinations
This page lists the different content available for the Hammersmith Neonatal Neurological Examination (HNNE) and Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE). You will need to register and subscribe to view the teaching videos that show in detail how to perform and score the examinations. These are only available to medical and allied health professional trainees and practitioners. Other content on the website is freely available to all.
Official HNNE and HINE Teaching Videos
Teaching videos show in detail how to perform and score the HNNE and HINE. The HINE is an assessment tool that is often used in concert with other diagnostic tools to form a picture of the neurological condition of an infant. The HINE can be used to gather evidence that can contribute to the diagnosis of neurological abnormality, including (but not limited to) cerebral palsy.
Read moreHammersmith Infant Neurological Examination Online Training Course
The purpose of this course is to assist clinicians to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to use the HINE to collect and record information about the neurological state of an infant or young child. It provides in depth training on the use of the HINE examination. This course gives you access to the official HINE video (however, you will need a separate subscription to access the official HNNE video).
Read moreAn Introduction to the Hammersmith Neonatal and Infant Neurological Examinations
Watch this video with Professor Frances Cowan answering some questions about the Hammersmith Neonatal and Infant Neurological Examinations. The examinations are easily recorded on standardised proformas, simplifying the documentation of findings and comparison between sequential examinations. The examinations can be scored to enable classification into optimal and sub-optimal neurological categories.
Read moreArticles
We have classified the references into fourteen different groups. If the article is open access the pdf version will be available for downloading from this page. When the article is not open access, a link to the abstract is provided instead. You may find that the full version of most of these articles is accessible through your institution.
Read moreBooks
As a subscriber to the Hammersmith Examination videos, you will receive a 50% discount on these two titles as part of your membership, just make sure your are logged into your account, and add them to your shopping basket. The price displayed is your discounted price.
Read moreRecording and Scoring Proformas – HNNE, HINE, shortened versions and Guidance Notes (English)
In this section you will find the latest versions of the HNNE and HINE Recording and Scoring Proformas, together with detailed information on how to perform both examinations. The proforma downloads are freely available to all users with or without a subscription.
You can download pdf copies of the forms for completion off-line.
Read moreRecording and Scoring Proformas and Guidance Notes (Translations)
We are very grateful to all the translators who have contributed to the different versions shown here. If you would like to suggest another language, and would be able to help with the translations, then please get in touch with us.
HINE Scoring Aid (English and Translations)
We are very grateful to all the translators who have contributed to the different versions shown here. If you would like to suggest another language, and would be able to help with the translations, then please get in touch with us.
Visual Targets for Newborns and Young Infants
In this section you will find the Visual Targets for Newborns and Young Infants, together with detailed information on how to perform the examinations. The visual targets are freely available to all users with or without a subscription.
You can download a pdf copy of the visual targets to print.
Read moreHammersmith Neurological Examinations FAQs
Answers to the questions we get asked the most about the HNNE & the HINE
Read more