Studies on Infants' Hearing Indicate That Infants

question 25

Multiple Choice

Studies on infants' hearing indicate that infants:

• A) are deaf and blind in the first days after birth.
• B) are sensitive to ability to hear is as sensitive to sound, as is adults' hearing.
• C) can hear enough to discriminate speech at birth.
• D) cannot distinguish utterances in their native language.

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Description of the Population

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