Explore: Speech Perception In Newborn Infants

These deficiencies can be seen in infants as young as nine months. Some experts use 'face avoidance' to describe how infants who are later diagnosed with

Dodd, B (2004). "Auditory-visual speech integration by prelinguistic infants: perception of an emergent consonant in the McGurk effect". Developmental

never-breastfed infants compared with 1000 infants exclusively breastfed for at least 3 months. However, in a study of over 140,000 newborns in the first month

Color perception, similar to that seen in adults, has been demonstrated in infants as young as four months using habituation methods. Infants attain

of depth perception and its development in infant cognitive systems was researched by professor Richard D. Walk. Walk found that human infants can discriminate

Spence, Melanie (1986). "Prenatal maternal speech influences newborns' perception of speech sounds". Infant Behavior and Development. 9 (2): 133–150. doi:10

as 16 weeks. The newborn is already capable of discerning many phonetic contrasts. This capability may be innate. Speech perception becomes language-specific

body-temperature control (infants may display cold hands and feet). Developmental milestones (e.g. walking, speech) may or may not be delayed. In infants with FD, a

Como in Italy (Guidelines Development Conference on the Identification and Management of Infants with Auditory Neuropathy, International Newborn Hearing

BL, Berthier NE (November 2014). "Preference for infant-directed speech in preterm infants". Infant Behavior & Development. 37 (4): 505–511. doi:10.1016/j