Up until they are about 10 months of age, infants can distinguish among speech sounds:
A)from any spoken language, whether they have been exposed to it or not.
B)only from languages to which they have been exposed.
C)only from those languages that do not use infant-directed speech to communicate.
D)from any spoken language that has simple rather than complex grammatical rules as long as there has been some minimal level of exposure to that language.

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Infants have the ability to distinguish among speech sounds from any spoken language, regardless of their exposure to it, until about the age of 10 months. This capability diminishes as they grow older and begin to specialize in the phonetic sounds of the language(s) they are exposed to regularly.

Up Until They Are About 10 Months of Age, Infants