Studies that compare babbling by infants who are deaf to infants who are hearing indicate that deaf babies:
A) do not babble.
B) babble, but the tonal quality and loudness varies from hearing babies.
C) babble past the age that children normally acquire their first words.
D) babble just like hearing babies until the age of uttering first words.

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Deaf babies babble similarly to hearing babies during the early stages of language development. This babbling includes similar patterns and milestones up until the age when children typically start to produce their first words. At this point, the lack of auditory feedback in deaf infants can lead to differences in further language development.

Studies That Compare Babbling by Infants Who Are Deaf to Infants