Which of the following statements is true about deaf infants based on recent research?
A) Deaf infants generally do not go through the cooing and babbling phase that hearing infants go through.
B) Deaf infants generally do not have the same tendencies as hearing infants have to communicate in language-like ways.
C) Hand gestures made by deaf infants with deaf parents seem to have the same function as the babble noises of hearing babies.
D) Deaf infants do not pass through the same stages at the same times that are observed in the vocal babbling of hearing children.

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Recent research indicates that deaf infants, especially those with deaf parents, use hand gestures in a way that mirrors the babbling phase in hearing infants. These gestures serve similar communicative and developmental functions as vocal babbling does for hearing children.

Which of the Following Statements Is True About Deaf Infants