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Can a Newborn’s Brain Discriminate Speech Sounds?

This shows a newborn with a headset and eeg wires on her headIt's a question most new parents ponder, can a newborn baby discriminate between speech sounds? Researchers found newborn babies encode voice pitch comparable to adults exposed to a new language for three years. However, there are some differences when it comes to distinguishing between spectral and temporal fine structures of certain sounds.

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