Babies Lose the Ability to Distinguish Vowels That Do Not

question 35

Multiple Choice

Babies lose the ability to distinguish vowels that do not occur in the language they are hearing by ________ of age and the ability to discriminate nonheard consonant contrasts by ________ of age.

• A) three months; six months
• B) nine months; one year
• C) six months; nine months
• D) six months; one year
• E) one year; two years