On what knowledge would the nurse base a response to a mother who questions,"Do you think my baby recognizes my voice?"
A) Voice recognition is delayed because the ears are not well developed at birth.
B) Infants respond to voice by increasing movements and sucking.
C) Infants initially respond to low-pitched voices.
D) Neonates can distinguish a mother's voice from other sounds in the first days of life.

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The ability to discriminate between a mother's voice and other voices may occur as early as in the first 3 days of life.

On What Knowledge Would the Nurse Base a Response to a Mother