My Sense of Hearing

The inner ear is fully developed by the time the mother is about 20 weeks pregnant, and babies are born with fully developed hearing – so I am ready to listen and learn from the get-go.

From birth, babies pay close attention to voices, especially high-pitched ones. Babies will respond to familiar sounds (I am already familiar with my parents' voices and I startle at loud or unexpected noises.)

How babies respond to sounds depends in part on temperament. A more sensitive baby (like me) jumps at every little noise.

By around 2 months, most babies get quiet when they hear familiar voices and make vowel sounds like "ohh' and "ahh".

At about 4 months, I started to look for the source of a sound, and by now I am trying to imitate sounds (dad's note: can't wait to hear Gabby to say single words like "ma-ma" and "da-da".

Have a nice day,

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