By the end of the first year, babies lose their sensitivity to sounds that are not part of the language or languages they usually hear spoken.

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During the first year of life, infants are highly sensitive to all the phonetic sounds of languages. However, as they grow and are exposed more to the specific language(s) spoken in their environment, they lose sensitivity to sounds not used in those languages, focusing more on the distinctions important for their own linguistic context.

By the End of the First Year, Babies Lose Their