Research using the high amplitude sucking, and head turning techniques have suggested that:
A) infants can discriminate between two sounds.
B) infants can discriminate sound contrasts that are common to their own language, but not those that are used only in other languages.
C) infants are not able to discriminate between speech sounds until approximately six months.
D) speech sound discrimination is fully developed before children learn to talk.

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Research using high amplitude sucking and head turning techniques have demonstrated that infants as young as one month old can discriminate between two sounds. This suggests that speech sound discrimination begins early in infancy. Furthermore, research shows that infants can discriminate language-specific sound contrasts, indicating that they are already sensitive to the sounds of their own language from a young age. However, the development of speech sound discrimination continues throughout early childhood and is not fully developed before children learn to talk.

Research Using the High Amplitude Sucking, and Head Turning Techniques