Which of the Following Is an Accurate Statement About the Hearing

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the hearing of infants?

• A)Infants will respond similarly to sounds they heard in utero and sounds they did not.
• B)Infants have higher thresholds across the frequency range than young adults.
• C)Infants by the age of one month are tuned to separate the sources of sounds in any auditory input.
• D)Two-day-old infants can recognize the voices of their own mothers relative to the voices of other mothers.

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Definitions:

Olfactory Receptors

Specialized nerve cells responsible for detecting odors in the environment and transmitting information about them to the brain.

Body Map

A representation within the brain of the body's parts and their relative positions; it is involved in processing sensory information and coordinating movement.

Phantom Limb Pain

A phenomenon where individuals experience sensations, often pain, in a limb or part of a limb that has been amputated.

Basic Skin Sensations

The four types of sensations that can be felt by the skin: pressure, warmth, cold, and pain.