Research About the Ability of Infants to Distinguish Human Speech

question 104

Multiple Choice

Research about the ability of infants to distinguish human speech sounds indicates that

• A) young infants are capable of distinguishing only the sounds they hear in their native language.
• B) the ability to distinguish all speech sounds increases as infants grow older through the first year.
• C) infants are able to differentiate sound differences in their own language in the first half of the first year, and sound differences in other languages in the second half of the first year.
• D) infants are able to differentiate sound differences in languages other than their own in the first half of the first year, and lose this ability in the second half of the first year.

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