PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.3: Joint Attention, Vowel Length, Vocal Tract
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6 mo: babbling - repeat consonant vowel combinations often in long strings. Babies everywhere including deaf ones start babbling at the same age and produce similar range of early sounds. Deaf infants will show delay in speechlike sounds and limited diversity of sounds and those not exposed to sign language will stop babbling. 7 mo: babbling includes consonant vowel syllables common in spoken language. Caregiver response infants modify babbling to include sound patterns like those in adults" speech. Deaf infants exposed to sign language babble with their hands as much as hearing infants do with speech. By 3-4 mo, infants gaze in the same general direction as adults. 12 mo: babies realize that a person"s visual gaze signals a vital connection between the viewer and his or her surroundings. Joint attention: child attends to the same object or event as the caregiver who often labels it.
