Researchers Studying Speech Perception in Infants Learned That

question 31

Multiple Choice

Researchers studying speech perception in infants learned that:

• A) infants have few skills or ability to discriminate between vowels and consonants.
• B) infants have few skills or ability to discriminate between different kinds of vowels.
• C) infants can discriminate almost all sound contrasts before 4 months of age.
• D) infants can discriminate only consonants before 4 months of age.

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