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ERIC Number: EJ370855
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Role of Audition in Infant Babbling.
Oller, D. Kimbrough; Eilers, Rebecca E.
Child Development, v59 n2 p441-49 Apr 1988
A comparison of vocal development in deaf and hearing infants indicates that well-formed syllable production is established in the first 10 months of life by hearing infants but not by deaf infants, suggesting that audition plays an important role in vocal development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Development, Deafness, Hearing (Physiology), Infants, Language Acquisition, Oral Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Infant Vocalization