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FOR KIDS: Learning language before birth
Scientists find that newborns can recognize vowel sounds similar to those spoken by their parents
Web edition: January 22, 2013
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A special pacifier helped researchers recognize that language recognition appears to start before birth.
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New babies eat, sleep, cry, poop — and listen. But their eavesdropping begins before birth, and may include language lessons, says a new study. Scientists believe such early learning may help babies quickly understand their parents.
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