Three of the Following Statements About Infants' Early Listening Abilities

question 18

Multiple Choice

Three of the following statements about infants' early listening abilities are true. Which one is false?

• A) Newborn babies show no preference in listening to languages.
• B) By 5 months of age, infants show some partiality to their own name when they hear it in speech.
• C) By 9 months of age, infants prefer hearing the language of their own culture rather than the language of other groups.
• D) By 2 years of age, toddlers have difficulty hearing subtle differences in speech that are not important in their native language.

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