Question

starting at about ______ months, children lose the ability to distinguish sounds that are not part of the household language.

a. 8

b. 12

c. 14

d. 10

Explanation:

In the study of language development (subfield of Linguistics in Arts or Psychology in Social Science), research shows that around 12 months, infants start to lose the ability to distinguish non - household - language sounds as they begin to focus on the phonemes of their native language.

Answer:

B. 12