Up until they are about 10 months of age, infants can distinguish among speech sounds:
A) from any spoken language, whether they have been exposed to it or not.
B) only from languages to which they have been exposed.
C) only from those languages that do not use motherese to communicate.
D) from any spoken language that has simple rather than complex grammatical rules, as long as there has been some minimal level of exposure to that language.

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Infants have the ability to distinguish between phonetic contrasts from all languages, a skill that diminishes as they age and become more attuned to the specific sounds of their native language.

Up Until They Are About 10 Months of Age, Infants